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
El Perro Del Mar
From The Valley To The Stars
OKKERVIL RIVER
The Stage Names
WISE IN TIME
The Ballad of Den the Men
VOODOO SWING
Fast Cars, Guitars, Tattoos, and Scars
Various Artists
The Dialogue Music Disc 2005
RODDY HART
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