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 RuthJUBEUS
Natural Mood
THE BIRD AND THE BEE
Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future
STARDEATH AND WHITE DWARFS
The Birth
AGGROLITES
AGGROLITES
THE BIRD AND THE BEE
The Bird and The Bee
Various Artists
Endless Highway: The Music of The Band
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