Purity Ring (DJ Set)

This duo's buzz peaked around 2012, during the golden years before majestic girl-boy synth-pop combos became the indie sphere's favorite trending cliché. Regardless, this band's eerie content (sample lyric: “Cut open my sternum and pull my little ribs around you”) contributes to a light-dark tension that makes the group a standout in its ever-widening niche even all these years later. Tonight the Montreal duo takes over the stellar sound system at Output for a late night dance party.