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Viva Voce (band)

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Years active
  
1998–2013

Website
  
www.vivavoce.com

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Associated acts
  
The Robinsons, Electric iLL, Calico Rose, Blue Giant

Origin
  
Muscle Shoals, Alabama, United States (1998)

Albums
  
The Heat Can Melt Your Brain, Get Yr Blood Sucked Out

Members
  
Anita Robinson, Corrina Repp, Kevin Robinson

Record labels
  
Barsuk Records, Vanguard Records, Asthmatic Kitty Records

Genres
  
Indie rock, Christian rock, Psychedelic rock, Folk music

Similar
  
Lackthereof, Blue Giant, Menomena, The Uglysuit, The Rocketboys

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Viva Voce was an American indie rock band from Portland, Oregon, formed by Kevin Robinson and Anita Robinson. Their music drew on several influences including psychedelic rock, classic rock, folk and R&B.

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History

The Robinsons formed Viva Voce in 1998 in their native Muscle Shoals, Alabama and later relocated to Nashville and then the Portland area in 2003. Their first album, Hooray for Now, was released in 1998. The band formed their own label, Amore!Phonics, and released Lovers, Lead the Way! in 2003 in conjunction with Asthmatic Kitty. The follow-up, The Heat Can Melt Your Brain, was released in 2004 and received positive critical response and heightened exposure for the band.

Broadening their fanbase worldwide, Viva Voce toured extensively in Europe after signing with UK indie label Full Time Hobby. They toured with The Shins and Jimmy Eat World. Their fourth album, Get Yr Blood Sucked Out, was released August 21, 2006 in Europe and September 12, 2006 in the USA. After playing their final show of 2007 on September 6 during MusicfestNW, Kevin announced that Viva Voce would be working on their new album and would continue touring in 2008.

For the 2009 album Rose City, two more band members were hired for touring, Evan Railton and Corrina Repp.

Viva Voce's sixth, and final, studio album, The Future Will Destroy You, was released on June 21, 2011 on Vanguard Records. It received positive reviews from numerous music outlets. Paste Magazine gave the album a 7.2 out of 10.

The band split up in 2013 when Kevin and Anita divorced.

Albums

  • Hooray For Now – (1998, Cadence, Review: HM Magazine)
  • Lovers, Lead the Way! – (2003, Asthmatic Kitty)
  • The Heat Can Melt Your Brain – (2004, Minty Fresh)
  • Get Yr Blood Sucked Out – (2006, Barsuk Records)
  • Rose City – (2009, Barsuk Records)
  • The Future Will Destroy You – (2011, Vanguard Records)

    • Singles and EPs

  • Weightless (CD) – 2000
  • Scissors and Blue Series, Vol. 3 (split w/ Soul-Junk) (CD) – Velvet Blue Music 2002
  • Live at KEXP (CD) – Amore!Phonics, 2004
  • Alive With Pleasure (double 7" & 7" vinyl) – Full Time Hobby, 2005
  • Center of the Universe (double 7") – Full Time Hobby, 2005
  • Wrecking Ball (7" vinyl) - Full Time Hobby, 2005
  • From the Devil Himself (7" vinyl) - Full Time Hobby, 2006
  • Faster than a Dead Horse (7" vinyl) - Full Time Hobby, 2006
  • Viva Voce Loves You EP - Full Time Hobby, 2007

    • Songs

    The Future Will Destroy YouThe Future Will Destroy You · 2011
    From the Devil HimselfGet Yr Blood Sucked Out · 2006
    Alive With PleasureThe Heat Can Melt Your Brain · 2004

    References

    Viva Voce (band) Wikipedia
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