| Vivian Girls | ||||
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| Studio album by Vivian Girls | ||||
| Released | September 30, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | January 2008 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, noise pop, lo-fi | |||
| Length | 21:16 | |||
| Label | In The Red | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |
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| The A.V. Club | (A-) link |
| Brooklyn Daily Eagle | (Positive) link |
| Clash | (Positive) link |
| Magnet |
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| NME | (8/10) link |
| No Ripcord | (9/10) link |
| Paste |
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| Pitchfork Media | (8.5/10) link |
Vivian Girls is the debut album by lo-fi/punk band Vivian Girls, released September 30, 2008.
The album was met with favorable reviews, scoring an 80/100 on Metacritic based on 15 reviews.
"the melodies, all hard and spiky on the outside and gooey on the inside, like tough girl music should be" - Plan B
"between the omnipresent slabs of reverb, the trio flip between harmonic garage rock, gloomy melodies and twee-Birthday Partyisms" - NME (8/10)
The album was named the 16th best album of 2008 by Pitchfork Media and the 9th best album of 2008 by Rough Trade.