I’ve said this all before, but the Vivian Girls play a great hazy blend of classic C86 (check out Shop Assistants or Talulah Gosh) with high doses of Jesus & Mary Chain distortion and Spectored three-part harmonies. They’re also clearly influenced by first wave Slumberland acts like Black Tambourine and K-associated twee-poppers Tiger Trap. All that said, they bring more than enough of their own angle to the template. They also timed the reissue of their self-titled full-length just right: It, along with the work of fellow noise-pop revivalists Crystal Stilts, is perfect fall music. In the Timothy Fiore-directed video for “Tell The World” they take turns at the wheel, driving their car in front of a green-screened forest, where they battle bats, stare ahead at the road unblinking, and ultimately find themselves in some sort of “Young Goodman Brown” soiree.
(Via P4K.tv)
Reminiscent of the video work of fellow forest-yearning Brooklynites, Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson and MGMT, but impressive how long they go without smiling. If you want to hear more, they recently premiered a Daisy Chain cover in the ‘Gum Drop and there’s another worthwhile album track, “Where Do You Run To.”
Vivian Girls is out 10/7 on In The Red. They’re currently on tour. (This is what they look like on stage.)
09/19 – New York, NY @ Cake Shop
09/20 – Princeton, NJ @ Terrace Club
09/21 – Philadelphia, PA @ Danger Danger Gallery
09/22 – Athens, OH @ Brown Town
09/23 – Morgantown, WV @ 123 Pleasant St
09/24 – Nashville, TN @ Beach House
09/26 – Memphis, TN @ GONER FEST #
09/28 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl #
09/29 – Knoxville, TN @ Pilot Light #
09/30 – Charlottsville, VA @ Outback Lodge #
10/01 – Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar #
10/03 – New York, NY @ Rocks Off Concert Cruise %
10/04 – Annondale-on-Hudson, NY @ Bard College
10/05 – Montreal, QC @ Pop Montreal (Les Divan Orange)
10/12 – Boston, MA @ Great Scott $
10/13 – Danbury, CT @ Heirloom Arts Theatre $
10/15 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom $
10/16 – Brooklyn, NY @ Market Hotel $
10/17 – Baltimore, MD @ Sonar $
10/18 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Barbary $
10/19 – Washington, DC @ Rock And Roll Hotel $
10/26 – New York, NY @ Santos’ Party House ^
11/08 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom !
11/09 – New Haven, CT @ BAR
11/10 – Boston, MA @ Paradise !
11/16 – Los Angeles, CA @Part Time Punks Fest / Echoplex +
11/17 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah +
11/18 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Smell +
11/20 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill +
11/21 – TBD +
11/22 – Portland, OR @ Backspace +
11/23 – Seattle, WA @ Nectar Lounge +
11/28 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s *
11/30 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom *
# w/ Tyvek
% w/ Dark Meta
$ w/ Fucked Up
^ w/ Jay Reatard
! w/ Deerhunter & Times New Viking
+ w/ Love Is All and Nodzzz
* w/ King Khan & BBQ Show
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i’m glad they picked this song for the video. i’m really digging these girls.
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UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGLLLLLLLLLLYYYYYYY
Great song. Terrible video. The first half is so poorly executed and lit I can barely see what’s on the screen behind them.
These chicks are better heard and not seen. The drummer looks like fucking Velma from Scooby Doo.
save it for brooklynvegan
certainly not poster girls. oooooowah.
wow, that isn’t a sexist and idiotic comment at all.
Pales in comparison to “Love Is The Slug” by We’ve Got A Fuzzbox And We’re Gonna Use It.
Can’t say much about this release. But I’ve been listening to In The Red’s other recent release, Davila 666 NONSTOP. Incredible album. One of my candidates for album of the year.
wait… is this the original melbourne vivian girls from whenever ago? or some new stolen-named band? still regret missing those guys… rad band. (the original one, i’ve not heard this one yet).
These girls are GREAT. Looking forward to the album.
Rose Melberg and Amelia Fletcher = mom #1 and mom #2 of all the best in indie girl pop
Okay assholes why does it always turn into how “sexy” girls have to be in indie rock when guys are allowed to look like shit like Mr. Khan and Jay Reteard(or however you spell it) and soooooooooooooo many others? Anyway the song is really cool
Okay assholes why does it always turn into how “sexy” girls have to be in indie rock when guys are allowed to look like shit like Mr. Khan and Jay Reteard(or however you spell it) and soooooooooooooo many others? Anyway the song is really cool
what are some of you talking about? female musicians got to be super models?
the driver and shotgunner are fine enough! backseat rider, er, not so much
Morgantown, dipshit
super cool!
whatever, that drummer is cute! you guys are crazy.. and immature.. babies.