The Vivians – New Single Release – Just Two Girls/Glasshouses
Too Pure – Monday 17th August 2009

Finally a band that look and act like a band should! The first time encounter I had with The Vivians was backstage at the miniscule Dunstaffnage Festival, near Oban in 2007. Piling out of a beaten-up van wearing black leathers and over-sized shades, and proceeding to kick football about – against fences, catering tents, small children and animals.. etc.

One other occasion saw singer Damon DeVille (surely that can’t be a real surname?!) scrambling up the Belladrum Festival stage scaffolding, and pulling over the pit-barrier (ontop of myself no less) The resulting stage-invasion led the band to apologise with a cheeky grin to the security for the chaos that erupted. It’s as if two fingers had cleverly and clearly been given to the rest of the music wankery that had graced the stage previously, but getting away with it by being polite at the same time.