{"id":956,"date":"2013-06-25T10:00:39","date_gmt":"2013-06-25T14:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/posturemag.com\/?p=956"},"modified":"2016-11-11T14:55:55","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T19:55:55","slug":"rvivr-a-review-of-their-album-the-beauty-between","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/posturemag.com\/online\/rvivr-a-review-of-their-album-the-beauty-between\/","title":{"rendered":"RVIVR: A Review of Their Album &#8220;The Beauty Between&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>The Beauty Between<\/em> \u2013 RVIVR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>RVIVR is a four-piece punk rock band from Huntington, New York and Olympia, Washington. The members are\u00a0Erica Freas \u00a0(vocals\/guitar),\u00a0Matt Canino (vocals\/guitar), Tammy Martin (bass), and Kevin Rains Barry (drums).\u00a0They are known to cover issues such as gender and sexuality in the punk community, and those themes pervade in this 2013 album release called &#8220;The Beauty Between.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Review by: Craig Shayowitz<\/p>\n<p><em>The Seam<\/em> opens the album with feedback into lead guitar parts into driving rhythm that builds into a chorus into more feedback that builds into an outro. It\u2019s a taste. It prepares you for what\u2019s in store.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RVIVR - The Seam\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AU6R4l1Cqgc?feature=oembed&#038;showinfo=0&#038;rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em>LMD<\/em> and <em>Spider Song<\/em> are what you\u2019d expect from a RVIVR album. Catchy, solid, straightforward punk tunes. Spider Song has some of my favorite lyrics on the album: \u201cYou can love someone and just not stay friends \/ Wake one day to find they\u2019ve faded away \/ And in the daytime I know I\u2019ve faded plenty on my own.\u201d Socially losing someone you\u2019ve loved, while doing the same thing when it\u2019s suited your own needs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RVIVR - LMD\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PomoLxLh5YQ?feature=oembed&#038;showinfo=0&#038;rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"spidersong\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/idrAIt1sIzM?feature=oembed&#038;showinfo=0&#038;rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em>Old Dogs<\/em> is where things get interesting. The album is speckled with slower jams, which is new for RVIVR. Still catchy, just as urgent, but more desperate. <em>Old Dogs<\/em> is another taste, though, introducing this new sound and the theme of pain when who you are clashes with those around you.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RVIVR - 04 Old Dogs\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eW-tBAV14Eo?feature=oembed&#038;showinfo=0&#038;rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em>Wrong Way \/ One Way<\/em> was released back in 2010 only on vinyl and only in Europe, but it was played live and a few grainy youtube videos and low quality MP3s of the track made sure every RVIVR fan knew this was the song. If you needed one song to explain RVIVR, this was it. High energy, stuck in your head, pressing lyrics about gender and sexual identity, forget hegemony, let\u2019s take control \u2018cause we can do this. \u201cSomeone\u2019s always trying to tell me who I am \/ Who to love and how to fuck \/ And that\u2019s time to pay the rent.\u201d That\u2019s it right there. The bridge really gets at something. \u201cWhen it feels like you\u2019ve been tamed \/ And you\u2019re dragging around your chains \/ Start screaming your true name.\u201d What follows is indecipherable screaming, because it\u2019s personal. At shows, the audience is encouraged to scream their own true name at that part, whatever that may be. It\u2019s empowering. Screaming, out loud, something that\u2019s so personal, and even at the top of your lungs everyone else is too busy screaming to really hear you. Everyone\u2019s just trying to figure themselves out.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RVIVR - wrong way\/one way\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0I6A-Cwfjl8?feature=oembed&#038;showinfo=0&#038;rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The next couple tracks keep up with the flow of the album, with Matt Canino and Erica Freas going line for line, and collaborating like no one else in punk rock. Their songwriting talents as well as their voices are superbly well matched, especially considering their concern for the subject matter. Beyond that, it can be difficult to find music like this, aggressive as it is thoughtful.<br \/>\nThe next standout track is <em>Ocean Song<\/em>, with \u201cNow I don\u2019t think that there\u2019s anything left inside of me \/ Like I lost my name \/ It got burned away \/ Left me empty.\u201d The mighty bridge from Wrong Way \/ One Way has collapsed in this verse. We can all be on top of the world, and we can all feel like that\u2019s gone forever, especially with fickle confidence in one\u2019s identity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RVIVR - Ocean Song\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cLi1fJSYf6A?feature=oembed&#038;showinfo=0&#038;rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em>The Hunger Suite<\/em> is a set of three songs, which is completely new territory for this band\u2019s songwriting, and it totally knocks me out. Raw. These tracks are raw. They\u2019re desperate. They\u2019re resilient. They explore themselves in plain and harsh terms in The Hunger Suite I. \u201cI\u2019ve got a disease \/ The kind that you can\u2019t see \/ But I\u2019m just the same \/ As anybody.\u201d Even deeper with \u201cIt\u2019s just something that I can\u2019t explain \/ The pain is never gonna go away.\u201d <em>The Hunger Suite II<\/em> pushes back, though, with \u201cDo you believe what you say when it gets in your way?\u201d and \u201cSo nail yourself to your own sins \/ And stay the fuck away from mine.\u201d Let\u2019s question where hateful beliefs come from. Let\u2019s question whether or not some are using bits and pieces to justify their own fearful ignorance. <em>The Hunger Suite III<\/em> ends the trilogy with the reminder that everyone has the capacity for hatred and anger, and that everyone just wants to be well. And it\u2019s an important reminder to constantly reexamine ourselves while being considerate of others.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RVIVR - The Hunger Suite Pt. 1, 2, 3\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vrvYHIXh3DA?feature=oembed&#038;showinfo=0&#038;rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em>Elephant Song<\/em> is fuzzy and ambient, and carries us ever so gently into the albums conclusion. <em>Party Queen<\/em> slowly reintroduces the main themes of this album. That your opinions and words are important. That society can crush your spirits. And that amidst the storm of doubt and pain that goes all the way your center, there is a beauty in between, and that beauty is in you and your identity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RVIVR - 12 Elephant Song \/ Party Queen\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3e29RIHYVUk?feature=oembed&#038;showinfo=0&#038;rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em>For more information:<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"XLkCjWC6W4\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/rvivr.wordpress.com\/videos\/\">Videos<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Videos&#8221; &#8212; RVIVR\" src=\"https:\/\/rvivr.wordpress.com\/videos\/embed\/#?secret=uHGvHAim8Y#?secret=XLkCjWC6W4\" data-secret=\"XLkCjWC6W4\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Rvivr\/452160671491087?fref=ts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Beauty Between \u2013 RVIVR RVIVR is a four-piece punk rock band from Huntington, New York and Olympia, Washington. 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