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 10/2011
LYDIA LOVELESS
Indestructible Machine
reviewed 05/2009
COMMANDER CODY
DOPERS,DRUNKS AND EVERYDAY LOSERS
reviewed 08/2006
Liam McKay and the Saints
Confessions to a Lover
reviewed 04/2014
MARK RIVERA
Common Bond
reviewed 04/2009
BELL X1
Blue Lights on the Runway
reviewed 08/2008
JOAN OSBORNE
LITTLE WILD ONE

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.