After a decade away from Australian stages, Purity Ring are bringing their immersive, otherworldly live show back this June, locking in headline dates across Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, alongside an appearance at Dark Mofo.
The timing lands with new single ‘lemonlime’, a track that feels like both a beginning and an ending. Written as the first piece for their self-titled album sessions but arriving now as the final release of that era, it carries a strange circularity — a closing loop that still feels unresolved.
It’s a continuation of the themes threaded through their latest record, where searching for light in difficult places becomes less a narrative and more a state of being.
That record — their self-titled 2025 release — marked the duo’s most expansive work to date. Built as much around visual identity as sound, it stretches their signature aesthetic into something more fully realised, without losing the intimacy that defined early releases like Shrines.
There’s a long arc behind that evolution. Early releases on 4AD — beginning with Shrines, which earned Pitchfork’s Best New Music and a Polaris Prize shortlist — positioned Purity Ring as architects of a new kind of electronic pop, one built as much on atmosphere as melody. Tracks like ‘Fineshrine’ broke through into wider culture, while their sonic fingerprints surfaced in unexpected places, from Playboi Carti sampling their work to collaborations with experimental acts like Black Dresses. Across it all, Corin Roddick and Megan James have steadily constructed a self-contained world — one where sound, visuals and narrative blur together.
Live, that tension between scale and fragility is where Purity Ring operate best. Their shows don’t just present songs — they construct environments, drawing the audience into something closer to a shared hallucination than a traditional set.
PURITY RING AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES
Spotify Pre-Sale commences 10am AEST, Monday 13 April
Artist Pre-Sale commences 10am AEST, Tuesday 14 April
General on-sale commences 10am AEST, Wednesday 15 April
WEDNESDAY 10 JUNE THE TIVOLI (OPEN SEASON) BRISBANE TICKETS
THURSDAY 11 JUNE NORTHCOTE THEATRE MELBOURNE TICKETS
SATURDAY 13 JUNE METRO THEATRE SYDNEY TICKETS
Also appearing at DARK MOFO in Hobart, Tasmania.
