Purity Ring
Melodies on Repeat
Corin Roddick, one half of the
ethereal electropop duo Purity
Ring likes to space out during long
trips. "I don’t really dedicate a
period of my day to just listening to
music and zoning out and thinking
about things, so traveling is
definitely ideal for me in that it’s
sort of the only place I can really
get that done. If I get good ideas,
that’s usually when they happen
and I try to harness that. I like to
listen to music that has repetitive,
melodic elements to it that build,
renata raksha
music that feels like it’s growing as
the track goes on."
Corin gives us his soundtrack of travel music
standbys, from Björk to Taylor Swift.
Jon Hopkins - “Light Through the Veins”
I generally don’t listen to a lot of instrumental
music; I often need vocals to focus on to keep
my attention. But this song has this incredible,
repeating melody with a different chord
progression underneath it that always lines up
in a different way and I can’t really tell where
it’s always starting and ending. It’s also just
incredibly beautiful. This is one of those songs
I’ve been able to appreciate at any point [in time]
since I heard it years ago.
Radiohead - “Street Spirit”
A classic song that I really loved in high school.
I like a lot of Radiohead music, but “Street
Spirit” always stood out t