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 RuthSHOCKING EDISON
Scientific Curiosity
Johnny Oskam
In My Shadow
MY MORNING JACKET
Okonokos
Grave Hounds
According to Coyote
OMAR TORREZ BAND
The Beat Outside
STEVE WYNN AND THE MIRACLE THREE
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