In Virus Times [EP]
by Lee Ranaldo
  • Record Label: Mute
  • Release Date: Nov 12, 2021
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  1. Under The Radar
    Nov 18, 2021
    50
    In Virus Times isn’t going to be anyone’s release of the year, but it’s unfair to judge it by that criterion. The recording is a time capsule, cathartic for its creator and a candid audio tour through the living room of one of alternative music’s best ever guitarists. He just doesn’t sound like it here.
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  2. AllMusic
    Nov 18, 2021
    80
    Though it's just over 20 minutes long, In Virus Times has plenty of the experimental openness and welcoming warmth of Ranaldo's other solo work for Mute, and artfully approximates the feeling of a live improvisation during a time when concerts were difficult at best.
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  3. Pitchfork
    Nov 18, 2021
    70
    The fourth and final part of the EP is by far the darkest, with no respite or resolution. The chords loom uneasily throughout, because that’s how Ranaldo must have felt at the time. In moments like these, In Virus Times is best understood as a snapshot of a miserable year, and one person trying to work through it.
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