private LIFE

AlbumFeb 12 / 202112 songs, 39m 40s
Art Pop Indietronica
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7.5 / 10

Expanding from a duo to a trio, complete with saxophone, the Manchester group embraces newfound production gloss without sacrificing its indie-pop roots.

Cathartic, abstract and certainly treading off the beaten path.

8 / 10

On Virginia Wing's fourth full-length, the album's themes of isolation, dealing with trauma, and mental wellbeing reflect a collective despair

9 / 10

Manchester art-pop group Virginia Wing take another exhilarating left turn on private LIFE, follow-up to their 2018 breakthrough Ecstatic Arrow

Singer Alice Merida Richards combines her calm sprechgesang with rage against millennial misogyny, offset by rich earwormy electronics

Album Reviews: Virginia Wing - Private Life

8 / 10