2009-05-31
Out of Portland, duo-used-to-be, Viva Voce is now a quartet for its second album on Barsuk Records. Combining guy-girl harmonies with dreamy guitar and dark lyrics, Viva Voce offers and ambient shoegaze-pop sound. This album was written, arranged and recorded within a month for an immediate sound. Best songs are the country-noir "Red Letter Day" and "Die A Little" with its cool "oooh, oooh, oooh" refrain. Nothing here beats "Devotion", though, the album's opener. Rebecca Ruth
Whitley, Chris
Soft Dangerous Shores
JASON LYTLE
Yours Truly, The Commander
Paul McCartney
Good Evening New York City
ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION
With All Due Respect
WILLAMENA
Lost in the Shadows
AMBER LYNN NICOL
SEVEN
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