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- Summary: The first full-length release of new songs since 2014's Tales In The Realm Of The Queen Of Pentacles from singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega was produced by Gerry Leonard.
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- Record Label: Cooking Vinyl
- Genre(s): Folk, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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May 2, 2025It picks the world apart in a way that evokes both horror at our present and an underlying optimism for our future, expressed in a way only music can. Here is confirmation that Suzanne Vega remains one of our musical treasures.
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May 2, 2025With its silvery guitar and tentative vision of collective power, the title track also offers a means of escape. It frames an album that, in its own determined way, boldly meets the moment. [Jun 2025, p.83]
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Classic Rock MagazineMay 2, 2025The woman's on fire. [Jun 2025, p.70]
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May 2, 2025Suzanne Vega is an artist who was built for the long haul, and Flying With Angels is impressive and satisfying in its craft and distinctive outlook – her songs made her stand out from her peers in 1985, and they still do in 2025.
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UncutMay 2, 2025Her 10th album steps back from the literary conceits and high concepts of her last couple of albums and finds humility and grace amid the "permanent emergency" of the present. [Jun 2025, p.41]
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May 2, 2025At times, Vega’s use of clunky rhymes undoes the elegance of her more literary lines. ... It’s still lovely to have Vega back in action. Her level-head, outward-facing ideas and collected tone really steady the heart and offer the mind safe opportunities to wander.
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Record CollectorMay 16, 2025There's delicacy, not least on the softly breathless title track, but sometimes much more... Witch, with thumping drumbeat, turns things up a notch, and by the time we get to Rats we have full-blown rock. [Jun 2025, p.105]