Album Reviews

VIVA VOCE

Rose City

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

Quick Links:

Barsuk Records Website

all reviews | all rock reviews

More reviews tagged #Rock

reviewed 02/2011
ALEXANDER
Alexander
reviewed 08/2014
PAUL THORN
TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED
reviewed 05/2006
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
Ballad Of The Broken Seas
reviewed 07/2004
Rachel Goswell
Waves are Universal
reviewed 10/2004
Various Artists
Enjoy Every Sandwich: The Songs of Warren Zevon
reviewed 07/2006
BROOKVILLE
Life in the Shade

Compiled by the WYCE Journalism Club

The opinions expressed in these reviews are those of the individual volunteers that submitted the article and do not necessarily reflect the views of WYCE or GRCMC; nor its staff, donors, or affiliates.