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 12/1969
ALPHA REV
Bloom
reviewed 03/2007
Yoko Ono
Yes, I'm A Witch
reviewed 04/2005
Lemonjelly
'64 - '95
reviewed 04/2011
NEIL DIAMOND
The Bang Years 1966-1968
reviewed 03/2017
Novella
Change of State
reviewed 02/2005
Bettie Serveert
Attagirl

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.