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
Various Artists
The Dialogue Music CD 2007, Volume 8
Robyn Hitchcock
I Wanna Go Backwards BOXSET
SILVERSUN PICKUPS
The Singles Collection
TINA VERO
Ready Let Go
Al and the Black Cats
Shakin At The Knees
jason spooner
seamonster
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