Vivian Girls - Memory (Black Vinyl)

Vivian Girls - Memory (Black Vinyl)During their initial run as a band, Vivian Girls were a band of outsiders for outsiders. The ones who loved The Wipers as much as Burt Bacharach as much as The Shangri Las. They were the band that made the punks feel like they could sing harmonies and pop fans could get in touch with their anger. Cassie Ramones lyrics alternated between love, loss and rage. They were heart on their sleeves romantics in one breath and a spiraling explosion of feedback

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"Levitate Me

dead moon's second album

Hard Girls

to vinyl — an essential album from one of the most influential electronic artists of our generation

They would soon develop a following across the country

the chemistry between remaining members Elizabeth Fraser and Robin Guthrie was flourishing and by moving the band on from the starkness of their debut

In spite of the appropriately bleak vibe

this time assembling a collage of photographs taken by Eve Alpert (Palm) fit for the album's newfound dimensionality

forged through Maria Jacobsen’s preoccupation with the climate crisis as well as newfound contemplation of the intertwined nature of theology and religion

YUNA (drums)

and alongside Chelsea Girl as some of her most accessible work