Vee Vee

Archers of Loaf, “Vee Vee” (Merge, 2012)
These guys had quite likely the worst name ever for an otherwise first-rate group, which may be why they didn’t quite get their due when this originally came out in 1995. So here it is again, and it still sounds mighty fine to me – dueling angular guitars drill forward in a sound like (their contemporaries) Pavement with extra muscle, songs that echo prime Replacements in their humor, desperation and warmth, plus a nifty regional aftertaste, like stumbling out of the bar into a summer night full of crickets.
Try 1, 2, 4, 9
4/30/12