V Is For Vaselines
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| Dec 2014
Reviews
Your Imaginary Friend
Reviewed 2014-12-02
Reviewed 2014-12-02
Scottish boy/girl duo who quietly invented twee, low fi irreverent simple pop rock with a punk ethos in 1986. Probably destined for music geek obscuri-worship had Cobain not unveiled them by covering their catchiest of tunes and blasting them to arenas full of appreciative Nirvana fans. Their records were immediately re-released by Sub Pop back then, to much fanfare. The boy/girl sexual tension is palpable, rivaled only by that on the first Pixies recordings (I recently played Vaselines' first album to the virgin ears of my gf and she said "are all their songs about sex?". Of course I answered, "every song ever written is about sex", but I digress). They reformed a few years ago, toured, and now have this splendid album. The cutting sexual observant lyrics, boy/girl tradeoff/harmonies remain. The music is filled with Ramones'y fun power chords that contrast the sugary sweet boy/girl indie they invented. Great stuff. Don't miss them in SF January 27th.
1) (3:36) upbeat indie pop with 90's style "ba ba bop" male singing
2)* (3:37) slower strummy w girl lead vocs
3) (3:14) triplety mid with male vocs
4)* (2:50) straight ahead pop rock, mid, fem vocs lead way
5)* (4:22) sugary sweet duet, lovely
6) (3:30) rockin feel
7) (2:38) another rocker, fem vocs
8) (3:52) mid heavier feeling head nod rocker, fem vocs
9)* (2:22) male lead, bright upbeat "being with you kills my IQ crushed and alone and confused"
10) (3:54) slower epic sock hop ballad feel
1) (3:36) upbeat indie pop with 90's style "ba ba bop" male singing
2)* (3:37) slower strummy w girl lead vocs
3) (3:14) triplety mid with male vocs
4)* (2:50) straight ahead pop rock, mid, fem vocs lead way
5)* (4:22) sugary sweet duet, lovely
6) (3:30) rockin feel
7) (2:38) another rocker, fem vocs
8) (3:52) mid heavier feeling head nod rocker, fem vocs
9)* (2:22) male lead, bright upbeat "being with you kills my IQ crushed and alone and confused"
10) (3:54) slower epic sock hop ballad feel
Recent airplay
Earth Is Speeding
down in the basement — Jul 11, 2024
Last Half Hour
Meow — Feb 05, 2015
Single Spies
Music Casserole — Jan 31, 2015
Single Spies
The Fishbowl — Jan 27, 2015
Single Spies
Brownian Motion — Jan 21, 2015
Number One Crush
The Fishbowl — Jan 13, 2015
Charting
2014-12-05 — 2015-02-06
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Feb 8 | 1 |
| Feb 1 | 2 |
| Jan 25 | 1 |
| Jan 18 | 1 |
| Jan 11 | 1 |
| Dec 14 | 1 |
| Dec 7 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | High Tide Low Tide | ||
| 2. | The Lonely L.P. | ||
| 3. | Inky Lies | ||
| 4. | Crazy Lady | ||
| 5. | Single Spies | ||
| 6. | One Lost Year | ||
| 7. | Earth Is Speeding | ||
| 8. | False Heaven | ||
| 9. | Number One Crush | ||
| 10. | Last Half Hour |