SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: VIAGRA BOYS – STREET WORMS

Viagra Boys
Street Worms
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From the capital of Sweden comes a post-punk act called Viagra Boys, having just released their debut album Street Worms. This release is quite intense and in-your-face with an alcohol and drug-infused setup. The septet, which includes American-born frontman and vocalist Sebastian Murphy, is balancing on an ironic edge between humor and drunkenness in their music. Their songs include weird raving lyrics, which actually DO have a message they’re trying to put out — it’s a long way from the bottom of society when you’re a loser who dreams of being a solid and good citizen (just as Murphy felt when he lived on the streets in Stockholm before joining the band). As he sings in “Just Like You”:

It was all a dream/
But it was so nice/
I had a nice house/
And such a loving wife/
We had a little dog/
Such a little dog/
That it reminded me of a large dog/
Just in miniature size.

But on the track “Sports” he returns back to flippant irony:

Baseball/
Basketball/
Weiner dog/
Short shorts/
Cigarette/
Surf board/
Ping pong/
Rugby ball/
Weiner dog/
Skiing/
Down on the beach.

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