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Get Yr Blood Sucked Out

Generally favorable reviews
Based on 17 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 6 votes
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Album Info
Label: Barsuk
Release Date: 12 September 2006
Discs: 1 disc
Genre(s): Indie, Rock
Summary
This fourth album marks the Barsuk debut for the eclectic Portland, Ore. husband-and-wife duo of Kevin and Anita Robinson.
Also By This Artist: Rose City
Also On The Web: Official Artist Site Viva Voce @ Barsuk Viva Voce @ MySpace
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Drowned In Sound
This is an organic, homegrown creation that sounds as though it's had a lot of time and love invested in it; lend an inquisitive ear and find yourself instantly besotted.
Read Full Review >Filter
Ultimately, Viva Voce get away with incorporating (and occasionally copping) such disparate influences because around each hairpin turn runs the unique voice and vision of the artists. [#22, p.98]
Lost At Sea
Viva Voce have always been musically intriguing and continue their winning streak with a diverse suite of songs that come together as a cohesive whole.
Read Full Review >The Guardian
This is how an imaginary Paul McCartney-Heather Mills album might have sounded.
Read Full Review >Uncut
Injects [Viva Voce's] cosmic American visiion with a creeping paranoia and, in places, a much heavier rockist edge. [Sep 2006, p.106]
Paste Magazine
Something so organic it should almost be unrepeatable. [Sep 2006, p.77]
All Music Guide
This is stoner rock for the indie set, so every suggestion of Led Zeppelin or Queen gets filtered through a Sonic Youth or Yo La Tengo aesthetic, which helps keep the bombast and pagan iconography at bay.
Read Full Review >NOW Magazine
It feels way huger than the work of two people, with dense, textured songs that sound like a remarkable collision between two distinct personalities.
Read Full Review >Under The Radar
It is Anita’s voice and fretwork that elevate the record. [#15]
Pitchfork
Get Yr Blood Sucked Out is confident, psychedelic, hard-hitting, and the best noise they've made yet.
Read Full Review >Trouser Press
The Robinsons remain a fascinating couple on Get Yr Blood Sucked Out, burning through more inspiration and ideas in one album than any band has a right to.
Read Full Review >Delusions of Adequacy
By the end of the album, you're likely to forget that the band band has been tagged as stoner rock, because there's a lot more than that going on here.
Read Full Review >Q Magazine
While never quite as fiendish as its title suggests, it's certainly sinister. [Sep 2006, p.112]
Mojo
An album that, by turns, is lacerating and seductive. [Sep 2006, p.106]
PopMatters
Unfortunately, the last third of the disc stumbles badly with a clutch of well-produced but verging on laughably bad tracks.
Read Full Review >New Musical Express
In turns, it's searingly honest and brutal... with interludes where everything turns fluffy. [19 Aug 2006, p.35]
Prefix Magazine
The members of Viva Voce accomplish a catchy cohesiveness that's at its best when they allow their songs to stray.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this album is 8.5 (out of 10) based on 6 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
laila gave it a10:
Saw them with The Shins and they stole the show. My new favorite album of the year!!!!!! :-)
savage beast gave it a9:
saw them in brick lane. they broke 93ft east in half. simply amazing. i work records and wish most bands would take this path.
HarrB. LOST gave it a9:
totally awesome record. Anita is a GODDESS!!!! like a nico record in more than one tone
Josh R gave it a10:
this CD is the unsung GEM of 2006. Not one track is unnecessary. Brilliant. Can't wait to hear more from Viva Voce.
cory m gave it a3:
this album is not nearly as good as their previous two. it actually gives me headaches to listen to it. there's not much catchiness to it and is way too muddled.
Brad B. gave it a10:
this is the shit. hands down the years best.
