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Golden Grrrls - New Pop 7”

Chris Devotion & The Expectations - Amalgamation & Capital (album)

Trailer Trash Tracys - Ester (album)

Throwing Up - Mother Knows Best 7”

Howling Wolf - Complete Chess Masters 1951-60

The Ketamines - A Rotten Bond/1 Yr (from Oddbox Singles Club Pt 2)

Cardinal - Hymns (album)

Proper Ornaments - Taking the Gamble Out of Buying 12”

Darren Hayman - January Songs (album)

Various: Marshall Teller EP 12”

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The Vivian Girls
My Love Will Follow Me Wild World 7”

Article written by Ged M - Apr 22, 2010

The Vivian Girls: My Love Will Follow Me

If Martin Scorsese ever wants a band to conjure up the sound of New York for his next movie, he shouldn’t overlook the Vivian Girls. On their latest own label single, they have the broken-hearted girl-group sound of the 60s down pat, with all the girls joining in on harmonies and handclaps, and those perfectly evocative Shangri-La-style lines of longing: “I can hardly wait until the summer comes”. On the b-side they cover the Chantels’ 1957 doo-wop hit ‘She’s Gone’, giving it a crepuscular, Spectorish tone. Arlene Smith, the composer of the song, is described as the founder of the girl-group sound; the Vivian Girls keep her torch glowing.

Links:
http://www.freewebs.com/viviangirls/
http://www.myspace.com/viviangirlsnyc