Vivian K

best band ever

Vivian K are a mathy-emo-punk-garage? band from Florida, they moved to Chicago at some point but are back (i think)

They may as well live on the road though, they tour very often so if you see this while they're still active, totally go to a show or else you're missing out.

They've just released a new album and they're getting the LP soon enough (vinyl turnaround time is so fucking long since yuppies re-popularized it) 

Can we talk about that vinyl bullshit though, it fucking pisses me off that bands who deserve vinyl can't afford it cause people think a Sharknado 3 picture disk will sell, shit kills me.

Anyway, Vivian K are incredible, I remember not liking their stuff when I had first heard it online but after seeing them live in Cape Coral (s/o nice guys pizza) my emotional ass changed my mind. They played "Success is the Best Revenge" the first time I saw them and I damn near cried.

The second time I saw them was at the same place, my band was supposed to play with them but my drummers car broke down last minute (we live like 2 hours apart since i moved to college)

They played songs that aren't out yet and i gotta say i'm very excited for whatever is to come. 

They're on Creep records which to me seemed like Jank replacement (i'm not saying Vivian K don't deserve it i'm just saying that timing was weird) 

(show flier for the show i was supposed to play with them)

Check em the fuck out though they're the sweetest people, see them on tour and buy all their shit

ALSO

it's important to note that they contributed a song to a compilation tape, the proceeds of which go to planned parenthood, and in these troubling times under evangelical christian rule it is very important that we do all we can to support institutions that will struggle in the next four, and god forbid (lol irony) eight years.

Links are attached to all the names and whatever (you know, the highlighted stuff)

Here's some articles and things

NERDIST WRITE UP

THEY STEAL ALL THEIR RIFFS (kidding)

tbh tho that pile riff is very similar and both songs make me happy as heck at that part

Boy Problems

"thanks for the granola bars, condoms, and water"

Boy Problems were fucking incredible, very few bands make me feel the way they do, and most of the bands who come close have members of boy problems in them (Snowing, Boys & Sex, Harrison Bergernon, Make Me) I'd drop hella cash to fund a boy problems 7". In my opinion they're one of the few bands allowed to get away with a "Wooh!' in a song (Deers! and Glocca Morra are two others) I think Boy Problems is the perfect version of what Make Me was trying to do.

I had an acoustic emo project (i know it was fucking awful) where I ripped off the chorus of  "I Hate Kevin!" for one song, I thought no one would notice, oh well. I think my 3rd tumblr url was thewordsiwrapyouin too. 

I've only ever found one video of them playing live and it just makes me wish i could play a guitar and bass like that, also makes me really want to be in a band with two people only dedicated to vocals.

Boy Problems are one of my favorite bands, here's that video and some links to download their stuff.

(i try to post bands that i have records/tapes/shirts/blah from but i've only known one person on facebook with the summer tour cd, i think it's rare i dunno though)

Boy Problems in Vermont

Links

Summer Tour Songs

Lautrec, Osceola, The Reptillian, Boy Problems (4-way split)