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I've never been able to decide if it's interesting or annoying when I come across an album that is almost completely unappealing, except for one song. The argument in favor of it being interesting is that it points to that magical moment when a band suddenly taps into a previously unknown well of inspiration that they apparently can't get to again. It's annoying for obvious reasons: they know where the well is, so why the hell can't they just go back to it?All this as a way of saying that the Vivian Girl's s/t album that will be released on Tuesday doesn't do a whole lot for me--yet another interspersing of loud guitars and girl-group pop styles--except for "Where Do You Run To". It's a decent song in and of itself, but the harmonies seem to come from a different kind of creativity from the rest of the songs, showing a heartfelt and soulful craft that the rest of the album's "fuck it let's rock" approach seems to be completely unrelated to.
See, this is why I love music in song form over album form.
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I probably would have tried to get the whole album after listening to this track...is the rest worth it?
That much reverb is a tricky thing to pull off.
See, I was pulling the old music writer's trick of being absolute when, in all honesty, I haven't given the full record much of a chance. But it just kind of goes by in a faceless blur so far, with this one song sticking out in an extreme way.
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