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 RuthBRIGHTBLACK MORNING LIGHT
Brightblack Morning Light
DAVID BAZAN
Strange Negotiations
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Songs For The Reaper
PAPERCUTS
You Can Have What You Want
Illum Sphere
Ghosts of Then and Now
BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO
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