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 RuthThe Helio Sequence
Keep Your Eyes Ahead
Gabriel Wolfchild And The Northern Light
Mornings Like These EP
STEVE WYNN AND THE MIRACLE THREE
…tick…tick…tick
SILVERSUN PICKUPS
The Singles Collection
HUSBAND&WIFE
Proud Flesh
Tim Booth
Bone
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