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 01/2006
ROBERT POLLARD
From a Compound Eye
reviewed 10/2009
DRIVE BY TRUCKERS
THE FINE PRINT
reviewed 05/2008
ELBOW
The Seldom Seen Kid
reviewed 04/2009
DESMOND AND THE TUTUS
Tuckshop
reviewed 01/2007
KELLER WILLIAMS
Dream
reviewed 11/2011
BUTCH WALKER AND THE BLACK WIDOWS
The Spade

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.