Between Screens

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Between Screens
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Studio album by
Released10 February 2015
RecordedApril 2014 – January 2015
at The Castle in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genre
Length37:57
Label WaxWerx
Producer Alex Wright
The Wax Girl chronology
Anosmic EP
(2014)
Between Screens
(2015)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Between Screens is the debut studio album by Canadian post-rock project The Wax Girl. It was self-released on February 10, 2015. [2]

Contents

It was written and recorded in its entirety by Alex Wright at his studio in Toronto between April 2014 and January 2015. Wright has stated that the title "is a reflection of modern day relationships and how technology is disconnecting us". [3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Alex Wright

No.TitleLength
1."Rift"2:39
2."Conflict"3:55
3."Plume"3:09
4."Fallout"4:09
5."Fog"2:26
6."Nuclear Winter"4:48
7."Constellations"3:12
8."Equinox"3:49
9."Daylight"3:39
10."Emergence"6:11

Artwork

Album cover

The cover art is a photograph taken by Sara Deso during the December 2013 North American storm complex. [4]

Nuclear Winter video

With the release of Between Screens, Wright also released an animated video for the sixth track Nuclear Winter.

Reception

Echoes and Dust praised Between Screens, saying "everything about this album makes the hair on my arms rise and creates goosebumps all over." [3]

Ride the Tempo declared that "'Between Screens’ is an even stronger set of music, and also more purposeful" compared to The Wax Girl's "excellent" 2014 release, Anosmic EP . [1]

Weird Canada published a feature on April 2, 2015, proclaiming that Between Screens is "perfect for laying back and letting the current take you where it will." [5]

The animated video for Nuclear Winter was critically lauded by both Backseat Mafia and Echoes and Dust. [6] [7] The video was ranked #9 on Ride the Tempo's list of Top Canadian Music Videos of 2015. [8]

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References

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