Wavves’ “So Bored” gives the current crop of lo-fi revivalists something legitimately timely to latch on to, resisting the seductive tug of pastiche with an anthemic La La La refrain. And latch on they have: Vivian Girls covered the tune several times at South By Southwest, amidst their like dozen show engagement. This video the Girls posted on their blog isn’t particularly high resolution – it looks like it was shot by someone in the bathroom line – but it does the job of documenting a scene that is either in it’s formative stages, or about to collapse under the anxiety of influence.
Here’s to hoping for a Vivian Girls reunion tour in 2010.
Lo-fi revivalists makes me wonder if there was ever a period when we didn't have lo-fi. Like, are they "revivalists" or "a new generation?" It's not like the original post-punks were "punk revivalists." My guess is that the term "post-lo-fi" actually makes people start to gag.