Cobra Starship surfaced in 2006 as part of the well-marketed Snakes on a Plane package, and the band's pop-punk music found a quick home among cult film buffs and
Samuel L. Jackson fanatics. It was easy to like this early incantation of
Cobra Starship -- particularly the breakout single "Bring It (Snakes on a Plane)" -- as the band was part of something fun, flashy, and consciously campy.
¡Viva la Cobra! arrives one year after that emergence, however, and the joke wears thin on this sophomore release.
William Beckett and
Maja Ivarsson have been replaced by a full-fledged band, and while
¡Viva la Cobra! attempts to reach the same glitzy heights as the group's first hit, it ultimately falls short.