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Apr 9, 2020A Western Circular is likely to remain a curiosity – but it deserves much more than that. Here we have a gleaming, respiring and perspiring ode to the joy and pain of life, the looming shadow of death – and the importance that it gives to our daily struggles. All of these ideas are packaged up in lovingly arranged and sung art-pop songs, which sound as breezy and warm as an evening sitting out on the seafront with some close friends.
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Apr 15, 2020There’s the bones of at least three spin-off albums within its grooves. Yet, this constant shapeshifting means that there’s much to be discovered and loved here. Sounding different every time it’s played is the mark of a great achievement.
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MojoApr 7, 2020It feels both strangely timeless and oddly new. [May 2020, p.93]
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Q MagazineApr 7, 2020Beautiful stuff. [Jun 2020, p.94]
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Apr 7, 2020Archer took half a decade to make this record – no surprise, then, it makes for such a wonderfully unhurried listen.
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Apr 7, 2020Easily his richest, most complex music to date, A Western Circular is where Archer reaches the sound he's been striving towards.