Artist: Abe Vigoda
Title: Reviver
Label: Bella Union
Genre: Indie
Bitrate: 186kbit av.
Time: 00:19:14
Size: 26.76 mb
Rip Date: 2009-03-25
Str Date: 2009-03-23
1. Don't Lie 2:55
2. House 4:06
3. Endless Sleeper 1:45
4. Wild Heart 5:42
5. The Reaper 4:46
Release Notes:
Continuing its theme of mortality-based names∙and that
includes their band's frequently confused-as-dead namesake,
Abe Vigoda returns with the Reviver EP less than a year after
the Los Angeles band's critically-praised and unexpectedly
alive-sounding Skeleton. That album that missed out on a lot
of best of 2008 accolades, despite the decidedly strong praise
that album received back in July. In fact, before Fucked Up
stole all the classic punk thunder in the fall, many people
believed it would be Vigoda, a much more accessible, if more
lighthearted punk revivalist band∙that would bring back punk
to the limelight of the increasingly blurry line between
mainstream and indie rock fans.
Nonetheless, the 5-track Reviver has been purported to be a
darker turn for the band (more nominal irony!). This may
alienate some fans of Skeleton who were attracted to the
album's fun qualities. But it maybe what the members of Vigoda
feel they need to do in order to become the bigger story in
the rock world that they certainly deserve to be. Vigoda has
yet to be a major headlining act, though they certainly have
it in them. While a 5 song EP may not do the trick, who knows?
Something tells me this band won't be sleeping with the fishes
anytime soon