| Artist |
| The Vivians |
| Title |
| A Human Angle |
| Format/Cat |
| n/a |
| Label |
| Electric Toaster |
| Style |
| punk/new wave/glam |
| Date of review |
| 1 August 2008 |
| Reviewer |
| Anya Hastwell |
| Rating |
| 8/10 |
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It's punk rock a go-go for 'A Human Angle'; driving guitars, thrashy drums and lyrics you can actually hear. More indie rawk – and reminiscent of cider-soaked leather jackets, gaffa-taped-up shoes and DTs from too much coffee and lack of sleep. It's pogo music, or even music to bounce on a trampoline to – energetic and totally aerobic rock. Hell, try doing the ironing or even the vacuuming to it; you may even get rid of noxious apathetic greyness, neo-fascist fluff and corporate admin. Well, you can but try. At the very least, you'll type quicker listening to it. The Vivienne's shouty sound has a ska beat, and yes, this could be 'music of the people', if the people decide to give it their vote it could be a popular choice. My only criticism is that the rhythm of the songs is a tad samey – but if they are subscribing to belong to a particular genre, then they have achieved classification into 'indie rawk'. Maybe I'm just being picky and you certainly can't tell from just two songs, but I hope that the rest of their repetoire includes one slow one, one to sing to the kids; one comedy number and one your parents would like. I know, it's a tall order and some people are just never happy... But listening to this may just have the same effect as a double espresso, and it's probably better for you.
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