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| I’m going to run out of superlatives for Swansea’s Viva Machine, I just know it. |
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First off, to get the obvious comparisons out of the way, they sound like Biffy Clyro. Although that’s a fantastic thing in itself - how many bands actually succeed in recreating that sound? - but, like one of those massive crystals, there are so many other faces to Viva Machine’s sound.
At their most jagged, they sound like Jetplane Landing, Engerica and McLusky, and when they get more harmonic, it’s a beautiful mix of the aforementioned Biffy Clyro and Aereogramme at their quietest and most thoughtful.
However Viva Machine rarely stick in one spot for long enough to pin down such comparisons that don’t really even do them justice.
'My Jet Set Radio' starts its journey in the manner of your average indie pop song, but it takes a detour via some amazing vocal harmonising over awesome disco beats and a brilliant heavy breakdown to leave you at a previously uncharted destination, as wondrous as it is novel.
Next comes 'Joe Schneider, The Carpet Rider', squirming around like a rattlesnake waiting to be charmed. Once more taking advantage of some wonderful three-piece harmonies, it’s evidence that this band can produce some amazing work if this is considered worthy of only B-side material.
'Salt.Cuervo.Lemon.Floor' is a song fuelled by drunken paranoia with an infectious stand-on-the-bar-and-sing-along anthem of a chorus that builds into a wonderfully melodramatic finale worthy of Muse’s output circa-Showbiz.
Viva Machine are possibly my favourite new band of 2006, and being able to say that after only hearing a handful of songs is something that doesn’t happen very often. Please listen to this band, it would be a tragic waste for music of this calibre and invention to go unnoticed. |
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| James Haddrill - 9/10 |
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