Without an inflated and inappropriate budget to work with, some bands have to make do with what they have and what they can afford in order to create effective records of quality. Others simply keep adding band members and guest players to build a grand sound. Viva Voce, the duo of Anita and Kevin Robinson, can probably command mucho recording bucks now that they have broken through from “hotly-tipped” to “unrestrainable force of nature.” They may even be able to enlist additional bandmates, too. We like Viva Voce as they are: a two-headed, two-hearted, yet synchronous beating beast that manages to make more noise than four quintets, seven octets, and ten Polyphonic Sprees. When Anita is torturing her double-necked axe and Kevin is pounding hell out of his kit in concert, they are even more ferocious, if you can believe it. The band’s own Amore!Phonics imprint will re-release the first two Viva Voce albums along with a smattering of demo and unreleased material tomorrow, October 9, as a double CD set. Viva the Robinsons, and the Robinsons alone!.
Disc 1: Lovers, Lead the Way!:
1. Fashionably Lonely
2. One in Every Crowd
3. Red D-Lish
4. Wrecking Ball
5. That’s Right…Watch out!
6. Birds On the Wing
7. N Luv W/U
8. Brightest Part of Everyone
9. Yr Epic Heart
10. Best Thing Ever (Maybe Not)
11. The Tiger & How We Tamed It
12. Perpetual No
13. Salsalito
14. Someplace Woth Being
15. Let’s Bend Light
Disc 2: The Heat Can Melt Your Brain + bonus material:
1. Alive With Pleasure
2. Lesson No. 1
3. Business Casual
4. The Lucky Ones
5. High Highs
6. Daylight
7. The Centre of the Universe
8. Free Nude Celebs
9. Mixtape = Love *
10. They Never Really Wake Up
11. Paper Doll (previously unreleased)
12. Wrecking Ball (Tunng remix)
13. Lesson No. 1 (original demo)
14. Red D-Lish (live)
15. Fashionably Lonely (live)
16. Wrecking Ball (live)
17. Doo-Wap Death Trap (previously unreleased)
18. Tonight You Belong To Me (live)
(* This song should not be confused with Viva Voce’s lesser known tune “TinyMixTapes = Pure Fucking Hatred.”)
Instead of heading into the studio to begin work on the follow-up to their breakthrough album Get Yr Blood Sucked Out, Viva Voce have opted to hit the road again (their NINTH tour this year!) to open a bunch of dates for Jimmy Eat World
10.26.07 - Atlanta, GA - Center Stage
10.27.07 - Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues
10.28.07 - Raleigh, NC - Disco Rodeo
10.30.07 - Washington, DC - 9:30
11.01.07 - Toronto, Ontario - The Docks
11.02.07 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
11.03.07 - Pittsburgh, PA - Carnagie Music Hall
11.06.07 - New Brunswick, NJ - State Theatre
11.07.07 - Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre
11.08.07 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg *
11.09.07 - New York, NY - Terminal 5
11.10.07 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
11.15.07 - Chicago, IL - Riviera Theater
11.16.07 - Champaign, IL - University of Illinois, Assembly Hall
11.17.07 - Omaha, NE - Kiewit Fitness Center
* Viva Voce headline show, without Jimmy Eat World