Viva Voce: When Planets Collide
Not sure why I’m not so excited about Viva Voce yet. I mean they’ve got it all, including a great live show. I like them at about an 8 now. I saw them open for someone last year at Bowery (‘last year’ in this context = between 6 and 24 months ago). Their message is all about love—they gave out fruit to people before the show. In fact I think their new album, which I haven’t heard yet, is called Viva Voce Love You.
Back then, they were a 7, which is a T-shirt level of like (I recommend their T-shirts). Now that I’ve re-listened to Get Yr Blood Sucked Out, I’m at an 8, and kinda wondering why it’s not more. I think perhaps because it’s not startling, or because I feel like I’ve heard it before. You be the judge.
Viva Voce – We Do Not Fuck Around
Incidentally, I read somewhere that they’re looking to do soundtrack work. I checked on their label-affiliate Bank Robber Music‘s website (which looks like a cool company, btw) that all they got was a measly placement on a fall episode of NBC’s highly questionable new drama Six Degrees.
