Vee Vee

by Archers of Loaf

Overview

After the release of their classic debut, Icky Mettle, and the excellent follow-up EP, Vs. the Greatest of All Time, it was clear that Archers of Loaf were a band that had hit the ground running and never seemed likely to stop. On Vee Vee, the second full-length offering from the Chapel Hill indie innovators, the band deftly avoids anything even resembling a sophomore slump by returning with a kind of gnarly ferocity, which the quartet uses to great effect as they bang and bash their way through an album of beautifully misshapen and unpolished indie rock. Armed with nothing more than some ugly guitar chords, big ideas, and a brash attitude, Archers of Loaf make the bold move of using the album to bang more dents into their sound, rather than refine it. While this would be a step backwards for anyone else, the band has a talent for effortlessly making the unpolished seem charming, as they bash their way through tracks like "Nostalgia" and "The Worst Has Yet to Come." Songs like these, as well as quintessential (and more or less perfect) '90s jam "Harnessed in Slums" found Archers of Loaf proving time and time again that what really matters in music is heart, sweat, and grit, and that if you have those on your side, everything else just kind of falls into place. ~ Gregory Heaney

Product Details

Release Date:	02/21/2012
Label:	Merge
UPC:	0673855042510
Rank:	6008

Tracks

1. Step Into the Light
2. Harnessed in Slums
3. Nevermind the Enemy
4. Greatest of All Time
5. Underdogs of Nipomo
6. Floating Friends
7. 1985
8. Fabricoh
9. Nostalgia
10. Let the Loser Melt
11. Death in the Park
12. The Worst Has Yet to Come
13. Underachievers March and Fight Song

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Archers of Loaf   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Archers of Loaf   Producer,Composer
Bob Weston   Engineer,Producer
Mark Griffiths   Composer,Composer
Mark Price   Composer
Matt Gentling   Composer
Eric Bachmann   Composer
Eric Johnson   Composer