Bicker And Breathe

Last of the Rvivr records my wife and I picked up at Fluff Fest. If they had had any more, we would have picked up even more I'm sure. Bicker and Breathe is another 12" EP, released in 2014. Rvivr haven't released anything since then, which they will change soon hopefully. Pretty good release, but then which release by Rvivr isn't?

The Beauty Between

Rvivr's 2nd LP from 2013 has become a record I'd take with me to a remote island with the first couple of songs. As of now, if I could never listen to another record in my life, I'd be quite happy with it. The Beauty Between is one of the best records I've heard in years. Make that ever. I liked their previous releases, but this one is where it's at. Erica's voice sounds incredible on this record and Mattie's vocals work with hers perfectly. The songs are so goddamn catchy. It also has a certain late 90's / early 2000's Fat Wreck / Epitaph feel to me, so there's the added bonus of nostalgia for me. Just in case I haven't made myself clear: I love this record. I really do.

Beautiful Dirty Water

Second round of Rvivr. This 12" EP was released the same year as the debut LP. The songs on here are as good as anything the band has released so far. Of all their releases I've listened to so far, there's not one that I'd call bad or even just mediocre. All quality releases in their own way. Their songs are so catchy, it's hard to escape that. The Dirty Water EP is one-sided. On the b-side you get this beautiful etching, which I'd much rather show than the generic black vinyl a-side. This is a 2nd press copy out of 500, which is identical with the first press (also out of 500), except that the second press comes on 180g vinyl.

Rvivr

I didn't see a lot of bands at Fluff Fest to be honest, but the ones I did see I thoroughly enjoyed. I'm not the biggest fan of festivals, i.e. ones that are as a big as Fluff or bigger, which has mainly to do that there's usually a giant main stage somewhere (There are many more reasons, but this is pretty high on the list). No matter how much I like a band it's ten times harder for them to make me enjoy the show. Give me a small club with a low stage any day over one of those big rock stages.
Rvivr, whom I'd wanted to check out forever, were one of the few bands I watched completely - despite them playing on the main stage. The set they played was incredibly good and I don't think I've ever enjoyed a band playing such a huge stage as much as I did here. The music, the lyrics, the audience and the weather were a perfect match to make this one of the highlights of the festival for me. My wife was equally stoked by Rvivr's performance and she was the one who stormed off to the merch area to pick up everything vinyl the band had with them. So here's the first installment of a few records that I'm going to post about in the next few days. S.t. LP on generic black vinyl.