Uber Cool
Some bands are just uber cool. It isn’t that their music is necessarily better than anyone else’s, but sometimes a certain element seeps through the speakers and hits you like a brick on the back of the head. This is the best way to describe Viva Voce; a brick to the head (um the brick is a good thing, waking you from a stupor…fine maybe not the best way to describe a fantastic band). The duo has shown growth between releases and is evident by the range of music produced over the years. Their first releases dabbled in lazy, ethereal melodies before shifting gears to “foot on the pre-amp while doing a guitar hero pose cock rock” style of music. While some bands fall prey to cheap production gimmicks and are forever pigeon holed into one type of sound, one gets the sense that Viva Voce will someday break through the indie/popular music barrier due to their quest to perfect their song writing skills (a la The Shins). Recommended tracks - One in Every Crowd and Business Casual
