May
Razorcake | Punk Music Reviews /// KILL KILL KILL - 7" EP by Vacant Fever
“Brief, fuzzy, and precise barely-post-minimal almost-art-rock that seems at times like it is trying to mentally insert a large, densely-studded silicon rubber centipede into my lower intestine so it can teach me to enjoy it when it pulls the centipede slowly out of my butt. The first couple songs were over three minutes long and i thought maybe they were too serious/pretentious/whatever for me, but the minute-something songs like “Yeah Yeah” and “Like It Or Not” are actually pretty cool, and briefly reminded me of “Psychocandy” era Jesus & Mary Chain doing Wanderers covers, although i overcame that hallucination with the power of my oversized mutant brain. Now, if you’ll excuse me, i have to see a man about a large, densely-studded centipede. Good day. BEST SONG: “Yeah Yeah” BEST SONG TITLE: “Yeah Yeah,” especially if you’re the Revillos. FANTASTIC AMAZING TRIVIA FACT: Not surprisingly, the tits on the cover prevented me from noticing the bloody nose on the cover for quite some time.”
–Rev. Norb
May
Vacant Fever /// KILL KILL KILL - 7” /// “Vinyl of the Month” in Performer Magazine. Check out the review…
Apr
Performer Magazine makes the KILL KILL KILL 7", by VACANT FEVER "Vinyl of the Month"
“Fans of pre-Nevermind Nirvana will want to snatch this up in a heart beat; while not exactly aping the feeling of Bleach, the record none-the-less evokes the same spirit of rock and roll missing from their fellow Washingtonians’ more polished release.”
-Benjamin Ricci (Performer Magazine)
Apr
The Vinyl Anachronist /// Heparin & Saline on LP & CD
“I don’t want to be presumptuous here, but when I listen Heparin & Saline, I think about drugs. I’m not talking about ends of ropes, Shannon Hoon and Layne Staley’s last two weeks on earth or anything so destructive and desperate, but perhaps the volatile brand of fuel that deliveredWhite Light/White Heat to the unsuspecting masses, or anything the Spacemen 3 did in the early ’90s.”
-Marc Phillips
Mar
The Styrofoam Drone /// 7" EP Review of "KILL KILL KILL"
“Pulsing rhythms and sweeping guitar waves exemplify their sound accurately in a song like “Like It or Not”, which is a short and concentrated snapshot of Vacant Fever’s curiously grasping sound. Following that is “Don’t Look Down” which helps further prove this bands menacing, post-punk attitude. The track drips with a dark and twisted energy driven by grungy guitar shards and bruising, tom-heavy drumming, hereby leaving us hungry for any future releases from the band.”
- The Styrofoam Drone
Mar
7 i n c h e s .blogspot /// Kill Kill Kill 7" Review
“Vacant Fever, who are playing around with the unused, extreme settings on weirdo pedals to create idiosyncratic massive grooves over complex drum arrangements that never veer into math, but more jazz or progressive inspired rhythms.”
-Jason
Mar
Seismic-Sound /// Review of "Kill Kill Kill"
“Like It or Not” is the poppiest track on the album, and I really fucking liked it, but at 1:22, it was like a premature ejaculation….I was bummed it was over already and wanted more.
-Jason A. Friendt
Mar
The Small Takeover /// Vacant Fever "Kill Kill Kill"
“They definitely take a lot from Queens of The Stone Age’s second and third album and sound like a band with more members than just two, which is all good by me. There is a limited vinyl release of 500 copies but here it is for readers of this blog to listen to. Vacant fever say, “We will sell out better than anyone else, trust us.
Get high, close your eyes & listen to our new EP”.”
-The Small Takeover
Mar
The Deli Magazine /// VOTE for Vacant Fever! to be The Deli's next artist of the month!
The Poll closes March 15th 2012 so V O T E !
Feb
The Vinyl Anachronist /// Vacant Fever's Kill Kill Kill on 45 RPM 7" EP
“this little chunk of vinyl has been one of the biggest surprises I’ve had so far in 2012.”
“the songs are full of great hooks, and blunt yet effective lyrics. (With song titles such as “Restless & Young,” “Yeah Yeah Yeah” and “Like It or Not,” you shouldn’t expect anything else.) Best of all, you can order Kill Kill Kill from the band’swebsite for a measly $7, starting March 6. You even get an MP3 download of the EP for free with purchase. You can also check out their other album, 2011’s Heparin and Saline, for free. I know I will.”
-Marc Phillips
Feb
The Deli Magazine /// Vacant Fever to Release Smouldering 7"
“On their upcoming 7” EP KILL KILL KILL, Vacant Fever offer up electro-psych tunes with as much thrust and raw energy as any dance floor- or house party-tested albums out there.”
-Kate Shepherd
Feb
blahblahblahscience track review /// Vacant Fever - Yeah Yeah
“Bands like Vacant Fever have made parents hate rock and roll since the 90s… 80s, the 70s; shit, forever…”
-blahblahblahecience
Feb
New Single From Vacant Fever /// The Mad Mackerel
“It is quite a departure from the majority of previous (excellent) album Heparin And Saline (still available free here), and for us recalls some of the classic work of bands likeWire or Gang Of Four. It is jerky, minimal and, best of all, genre-defying!”
-The Mad Mackerel
Dec
Mad Mackerel’s 2011 Top Ten Series…
“Heavy Leather” by Vacant Fever made a couple best of 2011 lists…
May
The Oxford Eagle /// Oxford, MS
“Even their nation wide tour is a bare-boned affair. Hitting a mix of big city venues & smaller college towns…”
-George Atkins
KILL KILL KILL - 7' Out Now!
