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What a pleasant surprise, then, that as soon as the first bars of album opener Walking Alone at Night kick in you immediately put all prejudices to one side and are wrapped up in their warm world. For this tornado of a track is almost a classic, a thrashing indie-girl gem that reveals more layers with each listen. Not only is it a hook-heavy delight, it also has deft chords which revel in real emotion.
And from then on you know that this breezy trio is no flash-in-the-pan Brooklyn hype act – they are the real deal.
This record – their second studio album – continues in this mould, with 13 short songs that are far better than the sum of their minimal guitar-plus-bass-plus-drums parts. Cassie Ramone’s vocals are one of the keys to the all-female troupe’s success; they might seem sweet, but her voice work and way with words shape these songs into proper packages.
The sonic territory which the three explore has been charted before, and those familiar with Sleater-Kinney or The Shangri-Las (for whom Vivian Girls express a particular love) will certainly feel like they’ve already heard this kind of thing done a thousand times over.
But who are we to deny this trio the fun they’ve clearly had trawling through crates of vinyl at record shops in New York’s trendier districts? Although there is a clear retro aesthetic at work here, what’s most important is that this is an immensely fun, albeit brief, listen. --Chris Beanland
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There is little wrong with the if-it-ain't-broke approach, particularly when your echo-y harmonies and hazy, reverb-filled garage-noise are so in vogue. This said, it would be equally fair to say that if Vivian Girls' three chords, surf-rock riffs and fuzzy, girl-group homage to C86 didn't grab you on the eponymous debut, they are unlikely to do so now. As an aside, Raveonettes fans disillusioned at the band's shiny evolution away from `Attack of the Ghost Riders' may find a welcome home here.
Everything Goes Wrong sadly does not house a knockout tune akin to `Where Do You Run?' in its jangly 36 minutes, and true, it is guilty of being `samey', as naysayers are quick to point out. However, this marginally better-produced outing deserves to sit alongside Manhattan Love Suicides and Crystal Stilts as a worthy moment of lo-fi nostalgia.
Standout tracks: Walking Alone at Night, I Have No Fun, Tension, I'm Not Asleep
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