Purity Ring Return After 5 Years With ‘Stardew,’ Announce Third Album ‘Womb’ & Tour Dates

Purity Ring Return After 5 Years With ‘Stardew,’ Announce Third Album ‘Womb’ & Tour Dates

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Purity Ring is back! On Tuesday (Feb. 18), the Canadian indie-pop duo unveiled "Stardew," the lead single of their upcoming third studio album, Womb.

The pulsating track finds the band in search of respite in the midst of ever-changing chaos. "The world turns over/ And I'll be lost in you/ Hide in the static/ Will push me through and through/ And I would fall from your sweet height to prove/ That all I am is meant to bleed and bloom," vocalist Megan James sings over sparkling synths and the twinkle of bells. 

The new LP — which was written, recorded and produced entirely by James and instrumentalist Corin Roddick — is set to be released April 3 4AD Records and marks the band's first album in five years, following 2015's Another Eternity.

In support of Womb, Purity Ring will also embark on a North American headlining tour this summer, which kicks off May 3 at Van Buren in Phoenix, Ariz. and wraps up June 11 at The Palladium in L.A. before hopping the pond for a round of European dates. The run will also include back-to-back nights at Brooklyn Steel in Brooklyn, NY as well as festival appearances at ACL Live, Ogden, Utah's Twilight Festival and Lightning in a Bottle Fest in Bakersfield, Calif.

Stream "Stardew" and check out Purity Ring's complete run of tour dates below.

Purity Ring 2020 Tour Dates

May 3 — Phoenix, AZ @ Van Buren

May 4 — Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre

May 7 — Austin, TX @ ACL Live

May 8 — Dallas, TX @ Bomb Factory

May 11 — Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle

May 12 — Washington, D.C. @ Anthem

May 13 — Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer

May 15 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel

May 16 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel

May 18 — Boston, MA @ House of Blues

May 20 — Toronto, ON @ Phoenix

May 23 — Bakersfield, CA @ Lightning in a Bottle Fest

May 26 — Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre

May 27 — Lawrence, KS @ Liberty Theatre

May 28 — Denver, CO @ Mission

May 29 — Ogden, UT @ Ogden Twilight

May 30 — Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory

June 1 — Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory

June 2 — Seattle, WA @ The Paramount

June 3 — Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom

June 4 — Portland, OR @ Roseland Ballroom

June 5 — Eugene, OR @ McDonald Theatre

June 7 — Oakland, CA @ Fox Theatre

June 10 — San Diego, CA @ Observatory North Park

June 11 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Palladium

July 18 — Suffolk, UK @ Latitude Festival

Sept. 4 — Stockholm, SE @ Nalen

Sept. 5 — Oslo, NO @ Parkteatret

Sept. 7 — Copenhagen, DK @ Pumpehuset

Sept. 8 — Berlin, DE @ Columbia Theatre

Sept. 9 — Amsterdam, NE @ Melkweg

Sept. 11 — Brighton, UK @ Chalk

Sept. 12 — Manchester, UK @ O2 Ritz

Sept. 13 — Glasgow, UK @ SWG3

Sept. 15 — Paris, FR @ Trabendo

Sept. 16 — Brussels, BE @ Botanique

Sept. 17 — Bristol, UK @ SWX

Sept. 18 — London, UK @ Roundhouse