Arca Releases New Album 'XXXXX' to Critical Acclaim, Praised as Future of Pop

Experimental electronic artist Arca has released her new album, 'XXXXX,' which is being hailed as a wild, brilliant, and psychedelic journey. Critics praise its innovative sound and exploration of primal frequencies, with one reviewer calling it the sound of future pop.

31 Jul, 08:30 — 31 Jul, 09:30

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Arca, a highly influential Venezuelan producer and artist, has released 'XXXXX,' her first full-length album in five years. The release is significant as it marks a return from a period of intense creative output and touring, and is being hailed as a potential new direction for pop music.

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The GuardianMostly Factual32d ago

Arca: XXXXX review – a wild, brilliant album that taps into our bodies’ most feral frequencies

(XL) In the follow-up to her Kick series, Arca jumbles the building blocks of electronic music to create a beautiful, disorienting sound world XXXXX, the new album by Venezuelan producer-vocalist Arca, is reportedly laden with meaning: a press release claims that “suspended between posthuman augmentation and raw emotion, XXXXX exposes the mainframe”. But the reason Arca, real name Alejandra Ghersi, has become such a star of electronic music – and a mainstream-adjacent one at that – is not bec...

By Shaad D'Souza

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nmeMostly Factual32d ago

Arca – ‘XXXXX’ review: a psychedelic trip from electronica’s great experimentalist

The Venezuela-born, Barcelona-based polymath is at home in distortion on her most probing project in years The post Arca – ‘XXXXX’ review: a psychedelic trip from electronica’s great experimentalist appeared first on NME.

By Sara Delgado

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First report: The Guardian · 31 Jul, 08:30|Full coverage: 3 · 7h|Window: 7h

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svenska-dagbladet31 Jul, 15:56Latest update

Arca Releases New Album 'XXXXX' to Critical Acclaim, Praised as Future of Pop

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Arca: XXXXX review – a wild, brilliant album that taps into our bodies’ most feral frequencies

Arca – ‘XXXXX’ review: a psychedelic trip from electronica’s great experimentalist

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