Name: Forward Constant Motion
Brand: Virginia Wing

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Bonus disc: No

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FIRELP475

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LP Includes a digital download postcard

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2016-11-11

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Signed copies: No

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Standard:20

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809236147516

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

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Virginia Wing

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Psychedelic

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Fire Records

Fire Records is an independent record label headquartered in London, England, UK. Founded in the mid 80s, Fire Records has been a prominent force in the music industry for decades. They have released early records from Pulp, Teenage Fanclub, Spacemen 3, Blue Aeroplanes, and many other influential artists. In the early 90s, the label was home to notable acts such as Neutral Milk Hotel, The Lemonheads, Built to Spill, and Urge Overkill.With a rich history of discovering talent and nurturing their careers, Fire Records remains dedicated to supporting groundbreaking musicians across various genres. Their diverse roster showcases both established names and emerging talents who push boundaries and challenge conventions.

Virginia Wing is a band hailing from Manchester, UK. Comprised of Alice Merida Richards on vocals, bass, sampler, and synth; Sam Pillay on guitar, synth, and sampler; and Sebastian Truskolaski on drums. Known for their unique blend of cyclical repeato-rock, synthetically-manipulated shoegaze, and 90s-inspired hauntology. Their music possesses an innate ability to seemingly pause time and space while maintaining an uninterrupted stillness.

Influenced by artists such as Broadcast and Stereolab, Virginia Wing's sound transcends the sedate school of dream-pop escapism. With their stylistic meditations applied amidst a sense of uninterrupted stillness, they create a captivating musical experience that captivates listeners.

If you enjoy the sounds of Bernice, U.S. Girls, Vanishing Twin or Ulrika Spacek among others - you will find yourself drawn to Virginia Wing's distinctive sound. Explore their discography today!

With many groups, a reduction in their personnel is often mirrored in a simplification of their sound. In Virginia Wing’s case, their reconfiguration from a trio to a two-piece sees them blossoming from the previously cold, Kosmische palette found on their debut LP Measures of Joy into the wider-reaching, fully focused sound of Forward Constant Motion. The album dives headlong into the synthetic waves that lapped around the edges of their initial work, drawing as much from the compressed thump of Homework-era Daft Punk as the languid new age-isms of Laurie Anderson to create a bold and inventive modern pop record. The album follows the groups Rhonda 12”, released for Record Store Day earlier this year. The three track record saw them collaborating with Koichi Yamanoha on the Hi-NRG meets plaintive strop of the title track, as well as showcasing their adeptness for skittering, dynamic drum programming. Virginia Wing’s strength is in taking recognised pop structures and unearthing the exit points within them. Case in point is lead-off single Grapefruit, which emerges from a cacophony of crackles and hums and drifts in and out of focus, even while clocking in at a lean sub-four minutes. Elsewhere, Miserable World is far more rigid; with Richards’ vocals tied to its jutting, jerking movements. Standout-track, Hammer A Nail abruptly taking off from powerful stomp to high-def escapism. Underpinning much of the record, though, is a sense of the dreamlike or otherworld, the album split up by short, drifting passages where structures melt away. It’s a key thematic point which, in-part, arose when Pillay developed Labyrinthitis (a disorder of the inner ear which results in vertigo and disorientation).

Forward Constant Motion

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