I'll come out and say it, Abe Vigoda is my favorite band currently making music.
The Reviver EP is the latest release from Los Angeles band, Abe Vigoda and it's their strongest yet. Following up on the messier, more visceral Skeleton, Reviver unveils new dimensions of Abe Vigoda's singular sound. Few bands in recent memory have been able to coax such appealing sounds form their instruments. Guitarists Mike Vidal and Juan Velasquez have their short delay dual guitar interplay down to a science, going somewhat less pointilistic and embracing My Bloody Valentine noise dynamics while drummer and bassist, Reggie Guerrero and David Reichardt hold down tricky rhythms.
The band is pretty good about their name always conjuring references to the term "tropical punk" which honestly probably got them a good deal of their popularity, but they're definitely intent on refusing to be pigenholed. They cover Fleetwood Mac's "Wildheart" and totally deconstruct "Endless Sleeper" which appeared on Skeleton. Rounding out the EP are a handful of great songs which pull out all the tools in the Abe Vigoda arsenal. "Don't Lie," "House" and "Reaper are some of their strongest selections yet.
Abe Vigoda is playing tomorrow night with new drummer Dane Chadwick at the PAPER magazine party in Hollywood, but you've got to RSVP if you want to go. Otherwise, you can see them play with In the Red band, The Intelligence at Spaceland on April 18th, or in Palm Springs (suspciously close to Indio, where friends No Age and Vivian Girls are playing Coachella) on the 19th.
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