Tracklist:
1. Derailer
2. Real Mean
Derailer is the second 2009 release by RVIVR, following their debut Life Moves 7". If you liked that first record, you will most likely enjoy this record. There's less material on Derailer, one longer song to each side, which is kind of a disappointment because the band managed to pack four songs all averaging three minutes on the first record. The title song is a pop-punk epic about gentrification. Nothing new content-wise here ("The west side, the bad part of town. It's a cheap place to live so the white punks move in..."). The song is great though. I feel a bit uneasy saying this, but it even tails-off with a brass section, which actually rides smoothly above the mid-tempo pop rhythms *swallow*. Side two is a bit weirder, its a gruffly-sung acoustic track about some sort of former relationship. I don't really like acoustic music but if you're a fan of that sort of thing you'll probably enjoy it. That love-able tinny quality is still present throughout here.
THIS RECORD IS STILL AVAILABLE. SUPPORT! The Life Moves 7" came in tastefully done recycled cardboard, and while I haven't seen a physical copy of Derailer, I'm sure it rules.
http://icoulddietomorrow.blogspot.com/2010/02/rvivr-derailer-7.html
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