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85

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7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5 Ratings

  • Summary: The third full-length release for the British duo of Alice Richards and Samuel Pillay was recorded in Switzerland.
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  1. Jun 11, 2018
    90
    Equally soothing and exciting, heartfelt and innovative, Ecstatic Arrow is Virginia Wing's finest work yet.
  2. Q Magazine
    Jun 6, 2018
    80
    Politically charged, smart, melodic and irrepressible--it's a fascinating record. [Summer 2018, p.116]
  3. Uncut
    Jun 6, 2018
    80
    Feels like the moment where the pair's music pulls into focus. [Jul 2018, p.37]
  4. Mojo
    Jun 6, 2018
    80
    Well-crafted third from the south London art pop duo with a playful spirit to match their impeccable post-punk influences. [Jul 2018, p.98]
  5. 80
    Ecstatic Arrow is frank in its representation of the struggles of women creators, but balances its anger with miraculous joy.
  6. Jun 12, 2018
    80
    This is an album that benefits from its nods to another era. Anyone who pines for MTV's early years will find something to love here. Contemporary production values mesh nicely with an old-school execution.
  7. Jun 19, 2018
    78
    Ecstatic Arrow is full of declarations delivered with such lucid certainty that they make a brighter future seem persuasively simple.

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