Viva Voce - The Future Will Destroy You

Viva Voce -- aka Kevin and Anita Robinson, return with a new self-written, self-produced longplayer just about a year after they took an alt-country detour with side project Blue Giant...the duo, together since the late 90's, worked on the new album at their home studio in Portland, OR // Release: The Future Will Destroy You (June 21, Vanguard) // Sounds like: that elusive sweet spot between rich, melodic songcraft and the still-accessible outlying regions of indie rock...self-described as both a series of "miniature explosions" and "a labor of love", Viva Voce's new Future is, in equal measures, bright and bleak but always compelling // Quote: “Although we treated the songs with love and care, we wanted the record to have a feeling of immediacy. That forced us to get into high gear and stay there. You have to make decisions and commit to them, and scrap something if it’s not cutting it.”-- Anita Robinson // What we like: the hazy indie riff-rock of lead track "Analog Woodland Song" kicks things off with a sharp, steel-toed, two-chord jab that sounds lifted from the past and then shoved into the present...Anita's assumption of the major vocal role adds to the dichotomy between the disc's rougher, tougher excursions (the killer titled track, "The Wondering Soul") and the more subtle, quieter moments (the eerie, atmospheric "No Ship Coming In")...

Viva Voce - "Analog Woodland Song" (from The Future Will Destroy You)

Viva Voce - "No Ship Coming In" (from The Future Will Destroy You)