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Everything Goes Wrong
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews What's this?

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6.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

  • Summary: This is the second album for the Brooklyn-based indie rock trio.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. Los Angeles Times
    88
    Cassie Ramone sounds like a more confident guitarist, stretching out her leads, while the bass lines of Kickball Katy bubble out front to carry the melodies. And once again those melancholy harmonies are to die for, as Ramone chips off pieces of her heart in lamenting the boy who got away.
  2. Mojo
    80
    Young, smart, pissed-off, ultra-basic, but also competent and powerful, these youngsters fire off brisk, bubblegum tunes in proud thrall to Da Brudders, and, by extension, girl-groups of the '60s. [Dec 2009, p.96]
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  3. cokemachineglow
    80
    Vivian Girls have responded in a way I never saw coming. Everything Goes Wrong is, proudly and brilliantly, a long player.
  4. No Ripcord
    70
    This is fun music that is all at once euphonic, brash, unsophisticated in its simplicity--but powerful for that same reason.
  5. Urb
    60
    Everything Goes Wrong is not a brazenly experimental album, nor is it rootless and shifting for cohesion.
  6. Prefix Magazine
    55
    Those who were taken with the band before will likely believe this album lives up to last year’s blog-induced hype. However, everyone else will probably think that Everything Goes Wrong is, well, no fun.
  7. Q Magazine
    40
    Aside from the cavernous 'Tension' mosty of the tracks here are disappointingly interchangeable. [Nov 2009, p.114]
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  1. eastside
    Sep 8, 2009
    8
    A critical lightning rod of a band if there ever was one, the Vivian Girls are seemingly in a damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't A critical lightning rod of a band if there ever was one, the Vivian Girls are seemingly in a damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't situation with their new album. I certainly can see both points of view with this band: those who are charmed by their ragged garage band tunes and sunny girl-group harmonies and those who find VG to be below par due to their seeming lack of musical chops. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two camps, but for those who enjoyed the debut this album has plenty going for it. The material does seem to tilt to the darker side, but much of the music is bright and peppy. It is ragged (in a good way) and I think any comments suggesting VG are amateur are patently unfair. I know plenty of amateur musicians who couldn't pull off what VG do. These girls know what they are doing and I for one look forward to following their career arc because I think the best is yet to come for VG. As for the haters, move on because this album will only bolster how you already feel about them which is your loss, IMO. Bonus points from me for being on In The Red, one of America's most awesome indie labels. Rock on, VG!… Expand

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