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Bernie Brooks , February 16th, 2021 09:14 Virginia Wing talk to Bernie Brooks about music as a coping mechanism, training the press, and making a "2020 record" "Well, you know what? Ive been vaccinated," says Virginia Wings Alice Merida Richards. "Yeah, I got it done like last week. In the UK, theyre doing it for national treasures," she laughs. At this point, who wants to hear about 2020, the year that wont die? Were all drained and depleted. Everyone is so, so tired. And yet, here we are, in ...

A Private Life Is A Happy Life? Virginia Wing Interviewed Fourth album private LIFE was their easiest to make. It was everything going on around it that was the problem. It’s not always easy to trust in your own process, but four albums in Virginia Wing feel like they’re in their groove. “It didn’t feel as daunting doing it as maybe our others had done” says the group’s vocalist, lyricist and co-arranger Merida Richards of their new albums e...

Most of punk’s sonic hallmarks calcified into cliche long ago, but if there’s one trope still able to induce the shock of the old, it’s the dissonant, direct, stubbornly wonky female vocals that animate the work of the Slits, the Raincoats and X-Ray Spex. On Manchester trio Virginia Wing’s fourth album, frontwoman Alice Merida Richards evokes their thrillingly relatable voices with her own – a jerky, unmediated sprechgesang that combines vacant...

7 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: slowthai, Virginia Wing, Minari, and More Pitchfork 2/12/2021 © slowthai, photo by [Crowns & Owls](https://www.crownsandowls.com/) slowthai, photo by Crowns & Owls With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. This week’s batch includes new albums, soundtracks, and EPs from slowthai, Virgini...

Virginia Wing have shared their new song St. Francis Fountain. The always fascinating group will release new album private LIFE on February 12th, through the fine folks at Fire Recordings. New single St. Francis Fountain leads the way, and its a typically inquisitive endeavour from Virginia Wing. Alice Merida Richards, Sam Pillay and Christopher Duffin allow their voices to intermingle, and its surface beauty hides some complex questions. The three-piece comment... “The vocals on ‘St....