Patrick Clarke
, January 29th, 2021 12:00
The new year brings a continuation of old miseries, but a resurgence of extraordinarily good music. Here s our guide to the best albums and tracks of a particularly strong month
I m not sure why, but in a year so far as disastrous as the last, in which musicians fortunes continue to plummet to the point that total collapse looms as a real possibility, the art they ve been releasing sounds stronger than ever.
From Sleaford Mods blistering career-best new album, to anti-colonialist duo Divide And Dissolve s unbelievably powerful cascades of crushing doom, to The Body s latest head-melting extremity, music has provided plenty of necessary catharsis.
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 it s a typically inquisitive endeavour from Virginia Wing.
Alice Merida Richards, Sam Pillay and Christopher Duffin allow their voices to intermingle, and it s surface beauty hides some complex questions.
The three-piece comment.
âThe vocals on âSt. Francis Fountainâ are continual with an impartial surveillance - always watching, sometimes prompting or questioning, but rarely judging. Like in the way a therapist repeats your own words back to you.â