BY CALEB GOELLNER
Homecoming shows tend to have a polarizing effect on successful touring acts. Much like walking the halls of a former high school, it's a mixed bag of nostalgia and trauma that returning performers either love or loathe. Fortunately for Kansas City, the former Lawrencians of Mates of State were all smiles, harmonies and appreciation.
The show began with the recently refined Beaumont at about half capacity - a population that quickly swelled to a crowd more befitting of a "hom
Viva Voce, the two-piece, man-drummer-plus-woman-guitarist (like the Stripes in reverse, instrumentally speaking, except both sing, so maybe they're more like their labelmates Mates of State) band from Portland known for not fucking around is coming to the Record Bar, bringing songs from their May 26 release Rose City.
Grab a new track from the album below, courtesy of Barsuk.
MP3: Viva Voce, "Devotion" from Rose City (Barsuk)
