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 RuthEL SPORTIVO AND THE BLOOZ
Nights and Weekends
CANADA
The Cursed House
The Martino Conspiracy
Hope In Isolation
Waco Brothers
Going Down In History
Lili Haydn
Place Between Places
KEN WILL MORTON
Slow Down
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