LIVAN
Encyclopedia
Singles
- "Undead"
- "Life Is Smiling"
- "If Only" / "If Jesus Lived Today"
- "King of the World"
- "Happy Returns"
- "Where I Bleed"
- "Faces For The Future"
Reception
Michelle St. James (Shakefire.com) described LIVAN's music as "industrial pop punk/alt-rock" going on to say that it "sounds gritty, raw, and fun with crashing guitar and thumping bass lines". Jack Feerick (Pop Dose) said that the "Happy Returns" album was "currently rockin’ my world down to a nub" and went onto to describe the title track as sounding like "the Kaiser ChiefsKaiser Chiefs
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meets The The
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with vocals by a slumming Peter Murphy
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". Rob Smy (Spinner) compared LIVAN to Placebo
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and Nine Inch Nails
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. However, Patrick Slevin (Aquarian Weekly) described LIVAN's vocals as an "acquired taste".