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Vivian Girls
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Track Listing
- All the Time
- Such a Joke
- Wild Eyes
- Going Insane
- Tell the World
- Where Do You Run To
- Damaged
- No
- Never See Me Again
- I Believe In Nothing
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #26303 in Music
- Released on: 2008-10-06
- Number of discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Dimensions: .13 pounds
Editorial Reviews
CD Description
The Vivian Girls have become the newest breakout sirens of the New York loft-pop brigade. Within seconds of hearing their seductive three-part vocal harmonies lushly interwoven with chest-pounding waves of beautiful feedback, its obvious that their songs are hard to resist, especially if you find yourself keen on the mid-80s noise pop of The Jesus & Mary Chain, The Vaselines, and the Shop Assistants. InTheRed proudly presents the re-release of this essential pop platter in both vinyl and compact disc formats. Swirling noise topped with sweetly angelic vocals is practically a cant-miss concoction, so expect your fruity neighbours and your attention-starved friends to chime in with unabashed praise when you spin this record.
Customer Reviews
Slightly obvious but still fun
My Bloody Valentine at their most song-like, the Shop Assistants, Slumber Party and Jesus and Mary Chain's 'Just Like Honey' with Spectoresque reverb and girl group vocals are the obvious touchstones for the Vivian Girls who come up with 10 nuggets out of a somewhat formulaic but nevertheless winning approach.
Nothing innovative or challenging here, but certainly charming with a fresh naivety about it all. I was listening to music like this in the 80s, so there's a certain nostalgic kick to it for me as well.
Summertime Whimsy
1986 is popular once more thanks to recent releases from The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Crystal Stilts and to a lesser extend The Manhattan Love Suicides. Even The Shop Assistants have been reissued from those halcyon days. Vivian Girls follow the revival, fuzzing along happily in a `proper' indie kind of way. There is little in the way of stand out material, but their frenetic jangle, pleasing, echo-y `whoa ohs' and the occasional surf-rock riff, à la Jesus & Mary Chain, serve them well.
There are a few Raveonettes echoes to be heard: the spectre (ahem) of 60s girl groups in the background. Despite having little bite to it and being over and done in just over 20 minutes, Vivian Girls still capture the heart in a summertime-whimsy kind of way. But then, come to think of it, so do quite a few girls!
medium again
Nope, i don't get it; As far as i can see, it's lifeless, unimaginative, awfully produced, bedroom rock boredom. Not worth the effort.
