La Vivas are an energetic guitar rock band from Worcestershire, UK, featuring Kevin Donaldson (vocals, guitar, bass), James Donaldson (vocals, bass, guitar) and Luiz Ferreira (drums, percussion). On their full-length debut album The Doors of Perception – beautiful title, gallery-worthy cover art – you’ll hear eleven dynamic, original songs in which influences from garage rock, freak folk and psychedelic blues come together, but which in terms of sound and attitude are already prepared for packed stadiums. Listen to the raucous opening track The Bell and the Butterfly and you’ll effortlessly imagine the crowd clapping and screaming along with the potent drum rolls and heavy guitar riffs at 2:30. The other tunes are less wild, but the inviting lyrics (“I’m writing to reach you // I’d write all night long // My head’s full of Tom Waits songs” – from the outstanding Waiting for your Love, hovering somewhere between Thelonious Monster and Portishead) and intense vocals make them just as exciting.
The Doors of Perception is out now digitally and on vinyl LP (self-released).
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