RVA Magazine playlist review for "You're Not Gonna Love Me Anymore", from Beat Awfuls 2015 album, Nothing Happens
Originally printed in RVA Magazine's Winter 2015 issue as part of "Playlist: Tracks Worth Listening To"
Almost taunting in tone, Beat Awfuls capture a grieving process in the form of a schoolyard chant. You’re Not Gonna Love Me Anymore is an earworm, the kind of track that goes on mental loop to help the day pass. Each instrument offers a way to cope—sugary, simple percussion keeps the mood lip-bitten with glassy eyes, while the guitar forces a smile and the bass ruminates. Velvety chimes accent the group’s cowboy croon; this lo-fi waltz musters a positive bent, charging Vicini’s moony declarations into triumphant resolution.
HA, nice headline, right? Nothing happens! An indie kid dish to the contemporary (music) industry... contains sensitive social commentary paired with hardship musings, all the while skipping rocks. The emotional stimulus throughout this record is beyond rich--piercing, poignant yet subtle, as is most anything Dave Vicini touches. He'll reach out with both hands bare, cup your heart, and pull it from your chest with tugging refrain. Nothing Happens is available on cassette from River Girls Records, and vinyl/digital by Jurassic Pop... the tape is sneaky, Kelly's Heroes style. Members are Dave Vicini aka Dave Cave of Viva Viva (Boston) and Idiot Glee (Lexington), Skye Handler also of Viva and Lady God (Richmond), Kentucky Boy Dr. Paul, and Amanda Sue.