Virginia Croft

New York

Writer at Treble Zine

Staff Writer at Impose

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Articles

Viagra Boys : Viagr Aboys

2 days ago | treblezine.com | Virginia Croft

In classic Viagra Boys fashion, the first track of their fourth album, (the nearly self-titled) Viagr Aboys, puts us right back in the sloppy, satire-laden mosh pit of the Swedish punk rockers. Opener “Man Made of Meat” finds frontman Sebastian Murphy in his sweet spot—poking fun at people who quite frankly, spend too much time on the internet, and not enough time touching grass.
Momma : Welcome to My Blue Sky

2 weeks ago | treblezine.com | Virginia Croft

On the title track of Momma’s fourth album Welcome to My Blue Sky, the group’s co-founders Etta Friedman and Allegra Weingarten sing, “It’s just my blue sky to see… I’m getting kind of sick of seeing it through, but I have to.” Within this confession lies the thesis of the band’s latest album—throughout its twelve tracks, themes of reflection and introspection inject the band’s solid rock sound with bursts of nostalgia and moments of growth.
SASAMI : Blood on the Silver Screen

1 month ago | treblezine.com | Virginia Croft

Since 2019, Sasami Ashworth has released three albums as SASAMI, all of which have been vastly different. After she explored bedroom pop soaked in nostalgia on 2019’s SASAMI, and threw herself into a gnarly metal sound on 2022’s Squeeze, 2025’s Blood on the Silver Screen finds Sasami in a new light—one grounded in pop, but soaring above and beyond the conventional box of classical pop.
Turnover : Peripheral Vision

Jan 23, 2025 | treblezine.com | Virginia Croft

In 2015, the year that Turnover released their sophomore album Peripheral Vision, I was finishing my sophomore year of college. This was also the year that I switched my major, from music therapy to music business, and I was meeting a lot of new people in my classes, relieved to learn so many of us shared similar music tastes. Connecting over these common interests was harder to come by in my previous major, and I often found myself uncertain of if I was in the right place during my freshman year.
Father John Misty : Mahashmashana

Nov 24, 2024 | treblezine.com | Virginia Croft

Since his debut as Father John Misty with 2012’s Fear Fun, Josh Tillman has carefully crafted a niche within “indie” rock—a descriptor I place in quotes as I can easily imagine Tillman scoffing at the word and all that it carries with it, especially in the early 2010s.
Spirit of the Beehive : You'll Have to Lose Something

Aug 21, 2024 | treblezine.com | Virginia Croft

A few months ago, I saw Jane Schoenbrun’s I Saw the TV Glow, a film which dives into complex topics of identity and growing up in the suburbs. It left me feeling like I had eaten too much candy, gone too far into the pinks and purples shown in the film. It’s both beautiful and sickening, which is a feeling that Spirit of the Beehive’s latest album, You’ll Have to Lose Something, similarly evokes. The tracks zig zag between sonically saccharine and statically harsh.
Fontaines D.C. : Romance

Aug 18, 2024 | treblezine.com | Virginia Croft

In June, Fontaines D.C. vocalist Grian Chatten filmed a video for the instagram account aview.fromabridge. In the clip, Chatten shares what’s on his mind, lamenting, “I read an article a couple of years back about us having reached the tipping point in terms of climate change, ever since then… every pleasantry feels like some bizarre fantasy that we all kind of like, are forced to buy into, in order to sort of survive and go about our daily lives.
Chastity Belt : Live Laugh Love

Mar 26, 2024 | treblezine.com | Virginia Croft

The opening track of Chastity Belt’s fifth album, “Hollow,” arrives as a kind of thesis statement of what the band has worked so hard to nail down—a catchy, laid back rock tune that nearly distracts from the unmistakable humor lying behind it all. In the music video for “Hollow,” the group parodies influencer trends, like makeup tutorials and cooking videos. But beyond that, they tap into the name of their album, Live Laugh Love.
Omni : Souvenir | Album review | Treble

Feb 12, 2024 | treblezine.com | Virginia Croft

The musical dynamics of Atlanta trio Omni are pristine, concise and unpredictable. From the first moments of their fourth album, Souvenir, it’s clear that the three members of the Atlanta post-punk band are working to the beat of their own carefully crafted drum. Opening track “Exacto” finds the trio pushing and pulling between a clear cut, Devo-esque standard rock verse, with a bridge that flickers like a hollowed out, minimal break from the forward motion of the track’s shell.
Kurt Vile : Back to Moon Beach

Nov 20, 2023 | treblezine.com | Virginia Croft

Kurt Vile’s latest release, Back to Moon Beach, maintains the qualities of a typical KV album—there are the slower moments, undeniable earworm licks, and Vile’s characteristically playful approach to both his instrumentals and lyrics.