Share the Joy
Vivian Girls' third LP, recorded at the home studio of Woods' Jarvis Taveniere, finds them experimenting with self-referential songwriting and guitar solos.
Vivian Girls sound exhausted on Share The Joy, and with good reason. When the Brooklyn trio broke out in 2008, it was grouped with other fashionable garage-rockers like Black Lips, Jay Reatard, and Blank Dogs. Vivian Girls was among the lesser groups in the scene, and as buzz around the band has faded over time, its…
Vivian Girls built a reputation on the short shrift of soda-pop rock on their self-titled debut in 2008. The follow-up, 2009's Everything Goes Wrong , an arguable victim of the sophomore slump, continued playing with the same old garage-addled girl group sounds. On this latest effort, the girls — Cassie Ramone, Katy "Kickball Katy" Goodman, and Fiona Campbell — attempt to stretch their songwriting, but end up muddying the water.
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For instance, take the average track lengths of The Vivian Girls albums to date: approximately two minutes on their debut, two and a half on its successor, and now another thirty seconds added on their third.
If you ever wondered what exactly Vivian Girls were singing about behind their wall of distorted sound, Share the Joy shares as many secrets about the band as it does feel-good vibes.
It seems as if Vivian Girls were trying to take a step back in time, as far as their musical influences were concerned, with their new album Share the Joy, a decision that is seemingly for the worse. When the band released their last album, the sound was much more interesting and engaging; a happy