Viva Voce - Get Yr Blood Sucked Out

Husband and wife duo Viva Voce's last album 'The Heat Can Melt Your Brain' was a lo-fi gem, and they have released this more ambitious follow up only a year later, displaying a work rate that puts the Kaiser Chiefs to shame (admittedly not very difficult). It's still a stoner's paradise of retro fuzz, but it's a rockier, more extroverted and much angrier record. From the Devil Himself is seemingly a rant against the record industry, and We Do Not Fuck Around is languidly aggressive in the way only a stoner rock band can be. Like the first record, the best moments come via Anita Robertson's gentle vocals and during more intimate moments such as the closing track How to Nurse a Bruised Ego Back to Health. It's lacking the fun experimentation which made their previous release so endearing, but it's still a good solid album that's worth a spin. [Milo McLaughlin]