I don’t like to give negative reviews, far better to see the positive in things. Afterall, chances are the people reading the review are already fans of the band or interested in the film etc. That’s not to say I’m from the Paul Ross school of critics, just that I don’t like to be unduly negative.
So when I have to give a bad review, I always get a pang of guilt. I have to stop and say to myself, “what would Charlie Brooker do?” I doubt Brooker gets the guilts.
My review of The Vivians latest single for All Gigs was less than glowing. It’s not that ‘Just Two Girls’ is a bad track, it’s just that after having listened to it numerous times, I still can’t remember how it goes. At least terrible tunes stick in the brain, bland ones don’t. Luckily b-side ’Glass Houses’ is a far better track, so it ain’t all bad.
At least online reviews afford the opportunity of the right to reply. So on the off-chance that The Vivians ever read this, the comments box awaits.
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