Vitamin Party – Back On Task
March 26th, 2009 | Published in Reviews
Ah punk rock, I’ve missed you. Vitamin Party is a group that wears its influences proudly on its sleeve. It’s clear these guys have a lot of love for the music and that they’ve spent some time pouring over back issues of Kerrang! They’ve probably watched Rude Boy and The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle more times than they can count. While Vitamin Party is not the most original band its foolish to dismiss them as a derivative there’s a lot enthusiasm in every song on the album. Sounding punk is easy. Meaning it is different. Vitamin Party succeeds at both. The lyrics are sparse, like a Zen koan. The topics are typical concerns of punks e.g. girls, robots, beer, palindromes, Teddy Roosevelt. The joie de vivre is rather infectious and it’s hard to resist the urge to nod your head and play air drums while the record plays.
Review by Andrew Crowley
