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85
If Viagra Boys’ words are not enough to sum up society’s ills and the madness of human life, the music is.
80
Following two EPs of promising if not revelatory garage-punk, Viagra Boys’ ‘Street Worms’ offers few surprises but comes armed with lashings of charisma and character.
80
Overall, Street Worms is a real triumph, with only the odd lapse into self indulgence letting in down here and there, and the mind-bogglingly dreadful band name. Other than that? It’s a corker.
80
These are pissed-off men playing with the tools of some of the pissed-offest men in recorded music history. But they do it with such intensity, and with such finesse, that you can’t help but get enthusiastic about them.
80
Blackly comedic, this is a great debut.
6mo
75
Viagra Boys create post-punk songs in the ilk of The Men or Parquet Courts, but blues is also a distinctive vein running throughout new album Street Worms. This is infused through their ace-in-the-hole saxophone use and also Seb’s tales of woeful characters in each song– although these are not just down-on-their-luck losers, but mentally unwell societal outcasts.
74
With theatrical élan, the Swedish rabble-rousers lampoon the masculine and the moneyed on songs that match parody with precision.
I'm sorry but Viagra Boys is too good of a name to even ignore! This album did not disappoint! The lyrics are insightful yet hilarious and the amount of charm here is admirable! Wiener Dogs are fucking everywhere (in both ways!) and greasy tennis balls will smack you in the face, followed by you quoting with pride on your face, "Basketball"!
Fav Tracks: Just Like You, Sports, Down in the Basement, Frogstrap, Shrimp Shack, Slow Learner
Least Fav Track: Worms
Score:
8.5
Exceptional
Fav Tracks: Just Like You, Sports, Down in the Basement, Frogstrap, Shrimp Shack, Slow Learner
Least Fav Track: Worms
Score:
8.5
Exceptional
viagra boys is a great band name
but GODDAMN this is the best I've heard from the YEAR0001 binge, this is like everything I want a Post-Punk record to be. It's energetic, it has engaging vocals, and the instrumentals unique for their style. All that along with their introspective lyricism makes this a record that is really worth the listen
No bad songs it just has no variation at al and it gets kinda tiring to listen to toward the end after multiple listens.
strong 9/10
but GODDAMN this is the best I've heard from the YEAR0001 binge, this is like everything I want a Post-Punk record to be. It's energetic, it has engaging vocals, and the instrumentals unique for their style. All that along with their introspective lyricism makes this a record that is really worth the listen
No bad songs it just has no variation at al and it gets kinda tiring to listen to toward the end after multiple listens.
strong 9/10
This is a wild, humorous and chaotic debut that immediately set the group apart. I didn't expect to be as impressed by this release, but this hits all the right notes of mocking the world around it and creating a world for itself that is diverse enough from that being released elsewhere. That being said, this is reminiscent of Pissed Jeans who I imagine were a heavy influence in this groups distinct sound.
Favorite track: Sports
Favorite track: Sports
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Year End Lists
| #11 | / | Gaffa (Sweden) |
| #14 | / | Loud and Quiet |
| #28 | / | Norman Records |
| #57 | / | NME |
Track List
- Down in the Basement
- Slow Learner
- Sports
- Best in Show
- Just Like You
- Shrimp Shack
- Frogstrap
- Worms
- Amphetanarchy
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Added on: September 12, 2018