Bus Vipers
You know what this dude can actually do? Write a song. That’s a damn sight more than a lot of Unearthed artists right now. The go-to move seems to be to pick a stylistic point of reference (current favourite seems to be Chairlift) and then sing tunes that are sonically similar. I use the word ‘tunes’ intentionally here because largely, they’re not songs. There’s not much meat on the bone when it comes to technical or structural songwriting. Conversely, there are the three songs I’ve heard from Bus Vipers. All three seem as though they would have been songs prior to the frills being added. There was no tinkering for the right sound to base the song around [probably], that all came after the fact [maybe] and that’s why when you’re listening to them you’re actually singing along to something [definitely] instead of simply thinking ‘this is nice’.
Largely the project of lone Canberra (soon to be sydney) man Daniel Ahern, Bus Vipers are still in what ‘we in the business’ like to call ‘early days’ but given what I just heard there’s no doubt in my mind that it’ll be a short formative period followed by a big ol’ economic boom. Also Daniel, if you don’t go with a Snakes On A Plane parody for your next Bus Viper’s videoclip I can’t even help you. It’s just destiny. I’m told there’s an EP in the works for the end of the year provided that there are enough yearning ears so help him/me/yourself make it happen by casting your likes thusward.
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Great tracks, looking forward to more from these guys. Nice write up Tommy.
You and me both Juan, glad you feel it!