Blurt Magazine's Best Kept Secret, 2009! Top 10 of 2009; The Boston Globe, The Cape Cod Times, The Noise "If Patti Smith had teamed up with George Harrison, it might sound like this... The Vivs could become one of this year's breakouts on the national scene......." (Blurt Magazine; 11/09)... Welcome to the long-awaited new record by The Vivs: driving, Brit-influenced rock/power-pop with three-part harmonies and rich lyrics. Influences: The Kinks, Scrawl, Fleetwood Mac, and Smiths (Patti, Elliot, and The.) Compare to Yo La Tengo, Throwing Muses, Scrawl, Bettie Serveert, The Breeders. But they're pretty hard to nut-shell. Released debut album "Mouth to Mouth" late 2009 to critical acclaim ("more hooks than a pirate family reunion"..."sharpshooter-sure...positively defiant; an old-school guitar pop record; bracingly fresh"-Boston Globe, 9/21/09 &9/25/09). Lineup includes former members of Tribe, Trona, and Edith ("the salad days of the New York post-punk scene"-- Billboard).