Vivienne the Witch

Vivienne the Witch combines many attractive elements: a strong sense of melody, good use of hooks delivered a la grunge, solid guitar work, meaningful lyrics, and confident vocals that pull the songs along while evoking the right mood. These girls brings to contemporary music the understanding that you can rock hard and still be musical – that the heavy guitar sound works best when melody and harmony are worked into it. “Shadowbox” confidently accomplishes all of this. [...] Every time I listen to tracks like “Reason Why I Laugh and Cry” and “One Step To The River”, I am struck with the naked expression of feeling and yet still want to bang my head along with the music. Obviously where Vivienne the Witch stands up a notch higher is on the faster songs, where they are able to unleash their power – leading to standout tracks such as “A Sparkling Explosion” and “Dreams and Pain.

I must say that there are not too many instances that I can remember the name of a band really capturing my attention. Song titles, yes. Lyrics, yes. Band names, not so much. That just seems to be an aspect that, although it is quite important, I tend to overlook a bit. Vivienne the Witch, however, is definitely a band name that caught my attention. It could be that I have spent quite a bit of time in crystal shops the past month or so, or it could be that I hardly ever see the name Vivienne, but I was very intrigued after seeing the name. Then, after visiting their Tumblr page, I was even more intrigued. This female trio is comprised of drummer Caterina Fuso, bassist/vocalist Greta Fuso, and guitarist/vocalist Lucrezia Peppicelli. This Italian group formed together as teenagers as Twister and, after growing and evolving together over the years, became Vivienne the Witch.