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? I've been vaccinated," says Virginia Wing's Alice Merida Richards. "Yeah, I got it done like last week. In the UK, they're doing it for national treasures," she laughs. At this point, who wants to hear about 2020, the year that won't die? We're all drained and depleted. Everyone is so, so tired. And yet, here we are, in 2021, awash with pressers for records recorded during lockdown, records inevitably about 2020, about trauma and healing. Still, the COVID-19 pandemic is the first thing I reflexively bring up and the first thing we talk about as Virginia Wing - the avant-pop trio of Richards, Sam Pillay, and Christopher Duffin - get settled into their practice space for the first time in quite a while. It's the new small talk. Everyone can relate.