Brain Worms: Vinyl LP The Black Keys a buoyant but biting tale

a buoyant but biting tale of what Jack calls “a heart-breaking family divide”

and eschewing sampling in favour of live instrumentation

Here are some descriptive review excerpts of from an essay on the album:

free-floating sound was set with her 2015 breakthrough Friend and cemented with 2019’s globally adored What A Boost (‘Like slipping between cotton sheets’ was Pitchfork’s description)

Brain Worms: Vinyl LP The Black Keys a buoyant but biting taleA pivotal record for contemporary times; bright, free, adamant, optimistic. Brain Worms is RVGs fullest, most pristine album yet. All throughout Brain Worms, its apparent that this is a band in very fine form. Album opener Common Ground sets the tone for whats to come; a shiny, thrilling, punch of an album, with all the beloved RVG hallmarks. Vagers voice is unfiltered and commanding as ever when delivering her clever, not quite ironic lyrics. Here,