His And Her Vanities

His And Her Vanities tumbles and screeches into cleverly bent-up pop that shows a clear love for the jarring sounds of Brainiac and Enon. Most of HHV’s tunes, though, keep it a bit more sweet and catchy, not getting overly caught up in mechanical new-wave weirdness. That's especially true of the band's new third album, The Mighty Lunge. It took five years of on-and-off work to complete, mostly because band founders Ricky and Terrin Riemer were busy raising their kids and putting out other Madison artists' work through their Science Of Sound label. The wait pays off emotionally in some of the band's most direct, accessible, and warm songs to date.

Updated 10/07/2009