Canadian electro-pop group Purity Ring has unveiled their ethereal new single ‘iamanocean’, the fourth track from their upcoming self-titled album. The band, who gained recognition with their 2012 debut ‘Shrines’, is set to release their fourth album on September 26th. The dreamy, anime-inspired quality of ‘iamanocean’ continues the theme established in their previous release ‘place of my own’ and their double single ‘many lives’ & ‘part ii’. This self-titled album will follow their 2020 full-length ‘Womb’ and their 2022 EP ‘Graves’, and is intended to be a concept album influenced by the video games Nier Automata and Final Fantasy X.
“MJ, also known as Megan James, commented on the new single, saying, ‘We had a really nice time playing songs on the beach and getting washed away. This song feels like a sweet current of fog drifting over the ocean, a wave away from everything we've created while still being completely us. There’s a part of us that we wanted this song to touch, and it took several attempts before we reached this version. The satisfaction it brings is reminiscent of the hazy memories of our past songs, reflecting on all the sunsets we’ve witnessed and the times we got swept away in the moment. It’s a foggy dream of emotion encircling us in a gentle chaos of flowing water, embodying the euphoria and contentment of being one with ourselves. I’m simply a body, holding water, generating heat.’”
You can watch the video for ‘iamanocean’ and find the band’s upcoming North American tour dates below.
**OCTOBER 2025**
13 Ventura, CA - Majestic Theatre
14 San Francisco, CA - The Warfield
16 Seattle, WA - Showbox Sodo
17 Portland, OR - Revolution Hall
18 Boise, ID - Knitting Factory
20 Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot
21 Denver, CO - Mission Ballroom
23 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
24 Chicago, IL - Metro
25 Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
26 Cleveland, OH - Globe Iron
29 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
30 Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel
31 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
**NOVEMBER 2025**
1 Charlottesville, VA - Jefferson Theatre
3 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
4 Atlanta, GA - Buckhead Theatre
5 Nashville, TN - Brooklyn Bowl
7 Dallas, TX - Granada Theater
8 Austin, TX - ACL Live At The Moody Theater
10 Phoenix, AZ - Van Buren
11 San Diego, CA - The Observatory
12 Los Angeles, CA - The Novo
**‘Purity Ring’ tracklist:**
relict
many lives
part ii
place of my own
red
the sunrise
memory ruins
mistral
the long night
iamanocean
between you and shadows
mj odyssey
broken well
glacier
::in memory of rs::
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The song is the fourth track to be released from their upcoming self-titled album.