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 RuthBEAR IN HEAVEN
Time Is Over One Day Old
CLEAN AS DIRT
They Will Remember Me
PAPERCUTS
You Can Have What You Want
NEKO CASE
Live from Austin TX
STARS
In Our Bedroom After The War
ADMIRAL RADLEY
I Heart California
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