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Artist......: Vivian Girls
Album.......: Memory
Label.......: Polyvinyl Records
Genre.......: Indie
Catnr.......: PRC-383
Source......: CD
Rip.date....: 2021-06-26
Str.date....: 2019-09-20
Quality.....: 958 kbps avg / 44.1kHz / 2 channels
Url.........: http://viviangirlsnyc.bandcamp.com
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1. Most Of All 1:58
2. Your Kind Of Life 2:30
3. Sick 2:12
4. At It Again 2:02
5. Lonely Girl 4:08
6. Something To Do 3:12
7. Sludge 2:17
8. Memory 1:57
9. I'm Far Away 3:42
10. Mistake 2:22
11. All Your Promises 4:38
12. Waiting In The Car 2:45
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\ / ________ Runtime 33:43
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,: While a reunion record titled Memory may conjure images of a :,
: band waxing nostalgic about the halcyon days of yore, Vivian :
:' GirlsÆ newest record is anything but a pleasant reminiscence. ':
,: The latent darkness that always haunted their records is on full :,
: display upon their return. Vivian Girls are back and they :
:' havenÆt forgotten what they went through. ':
,: :,
: During their initial run as a band, Vivian Girls were a band of :
:' outsiders for outsiders. They existed in warehouses and house ':
,: parties. The DIY spots, the small clubs. They were a band for :,
: the freaks, the malcontents. The ones who loved The Wipers as :
:' much as Burt Bacharach as much as The Shangri-Las. The ones who ':
,: talked about astrology and politics and romance with equal :,
: passion. They were the band that made the punks feel like they :
:' could sing harmonies and pop fans could get in touch with their ':
,: anger. Cassie RamoneÆs lyrics alternated between love, loss and :,
: rage. They were heart-on-their-sleeves romantics in one breath :
:' and a spiraling explosion of feedback in the next. They were a ':
,: band that we needed. No one wrote about all the bands that :,
: started in their wake in 2009. But let us remember: Vivian Girls :
:' not only gave us their songs; they gave us a chance to believe ':
,: in ourselves. :,
: :
:' And they were a band that made the indie gatekeepers ':
,: uncomfortable. And so they were ones that paid for what made :,
: them special. Since their time as a band, the comment threads :
:' that demeaned and threatened them with violence have since been ':
,: deemed irresponsible and removed. Websites dedicated to their :,
: bodies under the cheap veil of irony have been shuttered. One :
:' would hope that today, major music publications would no doubt ':
,: reconsider having a male reviewer question their ôplace in indie :,
: rock.ö :
:' ':
,: After their third album -- 2011Æs Share the Joy -- the members :,
: of Vivian Girls parted ways and the band who had known each :
:' other since they were teenagers, went about the business of ':
,: living. Katy Goodman and Ali Koehler both moved to Los Angeles, :,
: continued making music (La Sera for Goodman, Best Coast and :
:' Upset for Koehler) and started families. Ramone continued to ':
,: make art in Brooklyn, released two solo records and two :,
: full-lengths with Kevin Morby as The Babies, and moved to Los :
:' Angeles in 2018 after a phone call with Goodman spurred the ':
,: idea of playing music together again. :,
: :
:' With Ramone and Goodman on board, Koehler (the drummer for ':
,: Vivian GirlsÆ second full-length Everything Goes Wrong) :,
: re-joined the band and the trio began playing together again :
:' during the spring of 2018, keeping the practices a secret and ':
,: enjoying the simple communion of playing together. By fall, the :,
: members of Vivian Girls were ready to enter the studio and over :
:' the course of two sessions in mid-September and Halloween week, ':
,: Memory was recorded with producer Rob Barbato (Kevin Morby, The :,
: Fall). (Please note that during the September session, there was :
:' a waxing moon in Scorpio/Sagittarius, sun in Virgo, while ':
,: during the October session, there was a full moon in Taurus, sun :,
: in Scorpio.) :
:' ':
,: Memory is an album filled with personal reflections on toxic :,
: relationships, the false promise of new love, mental health :
:' struggles, and finding ways to accept oneself amidst it all. ':
,: And of course, there is the trademark mystery that set the band :,
: apart during its first incarnation. Even when we donÆt know what :
:' exactly a Vivian Girls song is about, we know it is true. ':
,: :,
: Fittingly, the sonic textures of the album match this sense of :
:' desperation and longing. ItÆs a loud, snarling journey and ':
,: thereÆs a sense of streamlined direction and intensity to the :,
: performances: it sounds like a band returning to a core idea of :
:' itself. ':
,: :,
: In the end, Vivian Girls have returned to making music together, :
:' looking to the future while bringing their past along with ':
,: them, boldly and without apologies. And so let us listen and :,
: remember: we can still believe in ourselves. :
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