viagr aboys - Viagra Boys: Review
Review by Lavender: Viagra Boys are a Swedish post-punk band who began a crawl up to critical darlings in the late 2010s. They broke through with a grimy, guttural intensity to their music and a lyrical style that gives new meaning to the word bizarre. The band had improved with every single release leading up to their third album, Cave World , in 2022 . I'm still a HUGE fan of that record and its ability to weave together a coherent narrative about the dumbest and most degraded parts of society through a series of stories that are all kind of about being de-evolving to a monkey. That's the kind of shit you're getting into with this band. For that reason, I was pretty excited for this record, and even though the band doesn't quite one-up their excellent predecessor, I'm still very happy with what they delivered. This album gets off to an absolutely remarkable start with its trio of singles reminding me exactly why I enjoy them so much in the first place. First up ...