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Mar 21, 2012Reissued last year, the debut Icky Mettle had their most celebrated pop songs ("Web in Front," "Wrong," "Plumb Line") but the follow-up Vee Vee was just as great, and thicker.
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Mar 21, 2012While this would be a step backward for anyone else, the band has a talent for effortlessly making the unpolished seem charming as it bashes its way through tracks like "Nostalgia" and "The Worst Has Yet to Come."
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Mar 21, 2012Like Icky Mettle before it, reminds modern listeners of just how unhinged their sound was, especially when compared to those that came after them.
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Mar 21, 2012As when the biggest guy in the bar has your back, Vee Vee is filled with extra spittle and bottomless bravado.
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Mar 21, 2012Vee Vee is a ballsy record, and hard to love.
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Mar 21, 2012As an accidental, definitive document of time and place, Vee Vee is up there with Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, No Pocky For Kitty and the Polvo records, strong enough even to offset the hideous cover art.
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Mar 21, 2012There's a clear warmth and passion in this remaster; if you've yet to let this album grow to be a part of your life, get this.
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Mar 21, 2012The remastered first disc makes up for the lack of any truly juicy bonus material, being that it's a great album in itself, and is more than worth the price tag.
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Mar 21, 2012Remastered by Weston as fuzzy or sharp, this generous re-release (the second in a series by Merge Records, founded by Superchunk) should win Vee Vee another devoted following.
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