User ratings in Music are temporarily disabled. More info
  • Record Label:
  • Release Date:
Fir Wave Image
Metascore
85

Universal acclaim - based on 5 Critic Reviews What's this?

User Score
8.8

Universal acclaim- based on 4 Ratings

  • Summary: The Northern Irish composer and producer reinterprets Delia Derbyshire and the Radiophonic Workshop's 1972 Electrosonic for her latest full-length release.
Buy Now
Buy on
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Mar 26, 2021
    90
    To use an oft-heard cliché, Fir Wave is a life-affirming album – in the broadest possible sense. It celebrates natural phenomena that exist beyond our own life spans, to be present (we hope) long after we have departed.
  2. Uncut
    Mar 26, 2021
    80
    Most impressive is Peel's ability to take the source material and make it her own. [May 2021, p.31]
  3. Mar 26, 2021
    80
    Fir Wave should represent a clash of styles – between Peel’s 21st-century toolkit and Derbyshire’s early-70s equivalent – but instead, there’s a deep sense that the two women, generations apart, are in tandem.
  4. Mojo
    Mar 26, 2021
    80
    It's another sonically sumptuous milestone for the Northern Irish composer/producer. [May 2021, p.87]
  5. Mar 30, 2021
    80
    ‘Fir Wave’ is a subtle triumph, a record whose innate beauty dissipates to reveal complex aesthetic machinery, while never fully revealing its secrets.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 1
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. May 16, 2021
    10
    I can't stop listening to this album - it's both hypnotic and dynamic (and newly adding a sub-woofer to my system has added even more to theI can't stop listening to this album - it's both hypnotic and dynamic (and newly adding a sub-woofer to my system has added even more to the in-the-room experience, already astonishing on headphones!) As one media reviewer put it, her genius in taking the source material and respectfully making it her own is wonderful - it truly feels like a collaboration of two wonderful artists across time. Incidentally, having come across this album, I went on to explore her back catalogue, where other fabulous work (including other great collaborations) can be found. No wonder so many well-respected creative other artists want to work with her :) Expand