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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.
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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.
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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.
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FilterUltimately, 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]
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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.
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MojoAn album that, by turns, is lacerating and seductive. [Sep 2006, p.106]
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It feels way huger than the work of two people, with dense, textured songs that sound like a remarkable collision between two distinct personalities.
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Paste MagazineSomething so organic it should almost be unrepeatable. [Sep 2006, p.77]
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Get Yr Blood Sucked Out is confident, psychedelic, hard-hitting, and the best noise they've made yet.
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Q MagazineWhile never quite as fiendish as its title suggests, it's certainly sinister. [Sep 2006, p.112]
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This is how an imaginary Paul McCartney-Heather Mills album might have sounded.
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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.
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UncutInjects [Viva Voce's] cosmic American visiion with a creeping paranoia and, in places, a much heavier rockist edge. [Sep 2006, p.106]
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Under The RadarIt is Anita’s voice and fretwork that elevate the record. [#15]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 5 out of 6
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Negative: 1 out of 6
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lailaJan 26, 2007Saw them with The Shins and they stole the show. My new favorite album of the year!!!!!! :-)
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savagebeastDec 25, 2006saw them in brick lane. they broke 93ft east in half. simply amazing. i work records and wish most bands would take this path.
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HarrB.LOSTDec 23, 2006totally awesome record. Anita is a GODDESS!!!! like a nico record in more than one tone