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 RuthScience For Girls
Science For Girls
THE LAST SHADOW PUPPETS
The Age of the Understatement
PHOENIX
It's Never Been Like That
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
UMPHREY'S MCGEE
The Bottom Half
Ultraviolet Hippopatomus
Songs For The Reaper
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.