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:

More reviews tagged #Rock

  • reviewed 10/2008

    SHAWN LEE
    Under The Sun

  • reviewed 01/2006

    DANIEL LANOIS
    Belladonna

  • reviewed 02/2007

    The Martino Conspiracy
    Hope In Isolation

  • reviewed 10/2009

    Lou Barlow
    Goodnight Unknown

  • reviewed 09/2014

    ARK LIFE
    THE DREAM OF YOU & ME

  • reviewed 07/2007

    SCOTT MILLER AND THE COMMONWEALTH
    Reconstruction

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.