private LIFE

AlbumFeb 12 / 202112 songs, 39m 40s87%
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.

Virginia Wing stunned with 2018's Ecstatic Arrow, and on private LIFE, the heights they reach are only slightly less surprising.

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