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Artist: The Vivs
Album: Mouth To Mouth
Label: Independent
Playtime: 46:31 min
Genre: Indie
URL: http://www.myspace.com/thevivsrock
Rip date: 2009-11-05
Street date: 2009-10-22
Size: 65.38 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 186 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
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This may be a debut album, but the Vivs are well-connected to BostonÆs rock
ÆnÆ roll family tree. Singer Karen Harris fronted Edith, and keyboard player
and harmony vocalist Terri Brosius played with Tribe. Eric Brosius, TerriÆs
husband and Tribe mate, produced the album and supplied some extra guitar.
The disc was engineered by David Minehan of the Neighborhoods, who also
contributed on guitar and tambourine and even added a bit of whistling. And
while Jonathan Richman had nothing to do with the CD, he does get a name
check on Take It on the Chin. All those connections would be meaningless
without good songs, and Harris provides them, along with some
almost-too-clever wordplay (I never saw the Eiffel Tower. . . . IÆd rather
have an eyeful of you). A teacher and mother of two, she explores the
minefields of domestic life, delivering her tales with a voice reminiscent of
Amy Rigby, who created another mom-rock classic, Diary of a Mod Housewife in
1996. The rest of the local band (Matt Magee on guitar, Jim Collins on bass,
and Scott Rogers on drums) supplies as many hooks as a pirate family reunion,
with a sound that borrows a bit from the country-rock of Lone Justice and the
jangle-pop of the early Bangles.
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01. Waking Up ( 3:30)
02. Eiffel Tower ( 3:10)
03. (You Should Have Seen) The Other Guy ( 4:52)
04. Better Now ( 3:57)
05. November ( 3:00)
06. Falling Off the Wagon (Onto You) ( 4:42)
07. Tiger ( 3:35)
08. Take It On the Chin ( 4:03)
09. Bright Idea ( 4:18)
10. You Think You're Going Along ( 3:05)
11. Everybody's Got Something ( 3:56)
12. I Just Wanna Show You My Garden ( 4:23)
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