It Might Go Wrong Or It Might Go Right

I must admit the first Vivian Girls album didn't quite impress me. Okay, that's good old punk and stuff, but none of those songs was interesting enough to make me remember it, even if Cassie Ramone's voice is actually quite nice from a certain point of view and, somehow, brings back memories… Anyway, you never know when things might change, isn't that so? That's why I took the challenge and listened to their second release, Everything Goes Wrong.

And yeah, if you'd have to judge the whole album reporting to the first two tracks, everything is wrong. Same noisy tunes, same nice, but apathetic voice, and that's the case with the most of the songs on this album, unfortunately. Some of them are saved in a way, either by the drum line, or (most rarely) by the guitar and bass, but that doesn't make them too impressive.

However, there are three tunes which could enter in "that's more like it" category. First one is Can't Get Over You, which has a more interesting and diversified instrumental than the rest of the songs, and a voice more… energetic, I'd say. Second one is I'm Not Asleep. It doesn't give you such a strong impression as the one mentioned above, but it's okay. The title matches perfectly with the impression this song gives to you. The third, and the last track, Before I Start To Cry is maybe the slowest song on this album, allowing you to actually hear the music and Ramone's voice in a proper way. But three songs from thirteen isn't that great.

Overall, the impression is not bad if you liked the first album. You will like this one too. If you're one of the people who weren't so impressed by the first one, this one won't impress you either, except maybe the three tracks mentioned above.

*photo courtesy of In The Red Records official site