One of
the most prominent factors you will probably notice about Voices of Where is
that they have male and female vocals which trade off in a way unlike most
other bands do these days. Usually, with
unisex vocals, bands have them sing at the same time, back and forth or song by
song, but this is a little bit different than all of that and I like it for
that.
There
are synth harmonies and some rather loud drums on these songs, but for the most
part I find the underlying vibe to be that of a band like Ask for Joy, so this
is somewhere between new wave and shoegaze, so newgaze I suppose.
The
female vocals also tend to remind me, as they go on, of Zooey Deschannel (which
I am totally NOT spell checking) and so as such this does have some hints of
She & Him to it, even though the male vocals aren’t really M. Ward-ish,
which isn’t bad because I have no real opinion on M. Ward.
Aside
from describing this as Ask for Joy meets She & Him, they do have a song with
a sort of country twang to it that’s somewhere between Mazzy Star and Tom Petty. Needless to say, whenever that “sort of
shoegaze” compilation comes out with Tom Petty covers, I fully expect Voices of
Where to be a part of it.
If only
because I continue to hear the song everywhere I go, I think they should cover “You
Wreck Me”.
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