“Grandma, I‰’ve Been Unruly‰” is just one unique lyric from Purity Ring‰’s collection of tracks. Purity Ring‰’s songs are as naÌøve as they are passionate, and their performance is no different.

Purity Ring is an electronic Canadian duo that favors abstract lyrics and synthesizers. The group is comprised of Corin Roddick, Megan James, a synthesizer, a bass drum, and a homemade instrument that Corin invented that resembles a shoddy plumbing job but sounds like a Moog. Despite the fact Purity Ring has only released three songs, they draw quite a crowd.

The concert took place November 10th in a warehouse in Baltimore called the Soft House. The site has multiple apartments inside and a performance area near the entrance. When my friend John, my fellow DJ Melissa, and I arrived at this one-of-a-kind venue the opener starting performing.

Doldrums was the the one-man opener, the project of a 21-year old Montreal-based electronic artist named Airick Woodhead. Doldrums‰’ songs are fairly experimental and include samplings of phrases and drum beats over his vocal performance, which culminated in the glitchy-est set known to man.

After a small dog (literally, a small dog) ran into the venue and everyone received their fair share of Natty Bo, Purity Ring took their cue and started setting up. The anticipation wuz killing me! They started out their set with “Ungirthed” and moved on to several unreleased songs.

The energy of Purity Ring was contagious – they never stopped dancing and banging their trigger-filled contraption. I heartily enjoyed their 30 minute performance, which included hits like “Belispeak” and “Lofticries.”

I was able to speak with Corin and Megan a bit and they are surely one of kindest bands on the indie scene. Hopefully they will have more songs released when they return to the DC area.

Photos by John Lichtefeld of http://www.polychronic.us/