Full disclosure: When I wrote the post below, I had no idea Taylor Swift would drop an album a month later with THE EXACT SAME ALBUM TITLE and THE EXACT SAME SONG NAMES. Pavid Vermin—never one to back down from a weird idea—wrote his in a single day and recorded it in a couple more. What a legend!
Vermin was last spotted fleeing an angry mob of Swifties who just wanted to hear The Life of a Showgirl but accidentally got Vermin’d by Alexa instead.
A year after his mischievous experiment Brutality Is My Only Friend that had no right turning out so well, Pavid Vermin (aka Glenn Robinson) is back with a more conventional—but no less fun—12-song pop punk record. The Life of a Showgirl clocks in at just shy of 15 minutes, yet it’s enough to remind anyone why Vermin remains a master of hook writing.
Most tracks lean on the sugary side of pop punk, but there are harder-edged moments (Father Figure, Wi$h Li$t, Honey) that punch things up, while Woods has an old school The Queers vibe. That mix of grit and bubblegum makes the record all the more addictive.
Favorite cut? Elizabeth Taylor—a song so sweet, compact and harmony driven it could give The Yum Yums a run for their money.
Pop punk by Pavid Vermin: still pretty much irresistible!
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