Viva Stereo

Viva Stereo were born in Glasgow.
with the view to making music that would encompass a full weekends ebbs and flows. Saturday nights are important to Viva Stereo but with it comes the Sunday soul searching(not to mention the grim reality of Monday morning and the working week) and the combination of these are what give the 'stereo' sound its dark edges.
They are part of the Fence Collective
Our music can be bought from
http://vivastereo.bandcamp.com/
2011 New Viva Stereo album 'Endure the dark to See the Stars' is released May 2011 and can be bought from http://www.de-fencerecords.com/shop.htm
2010 The band lay low writing brand new material. No gigs at all throughout this year but plenty of activity in the studio as the new album 'Endure the Dark to See the Stars' takes shape. Recording continued at Diving Bell with Marcus MacKay with a release date planned for April 2011. The band still live in different parts of the UK. Stuart still in Leicester, Tim in Edinburgh, Doug in Glasgow(but working 4 days in Manchester!) and Rob living in Glen Coe. However they have adapted to these issues and are able to function and continue into their 10th year together.
2009 As family life and the geographical issues took centre stage, Viva Stereo They still managed to release a mini album 'Viva Fence' to co-incide with a Saturday night headline appearance at the 2009 Homegame alongside Olo Worms and Onthefly. Despite the lack of practice the band felt this was potentially one of the best gigs they'd done. Certainly the best atmosphere. However this was seen as the ultimate 'drawing a line under things' and it was time to move on. No more gigs throughout 2009 but the band started work on their new album at Chem19 in November 2009, recording a song with Ambrose Tompkins main man Rob Waddington with Paul savage at the controls. The bands new sound is more 'song based' with Gavin 'Onthefly' Brown becoming more or less a full-time member and the band drafting in Derek O'Neill on keyboards for studio recordings and possibly live dates in the future.
2008: Viva Stereo's third album, 'Roar, Lion, Roar' is released Autumn 2008'. The album features contributions from Chris Deveney(My latest Novel), Malcolm Middleton, King Creosote, Onthefly and Cadythief.
2007: Viva Stereo release is a 10" EP released through De-Fence Records.
You can buy it online here
Viva Stereo's second album 'Patterns of Behaviour' was released in October 2005. Featuring contributions from Tara Mascara from Language of Flowers, and Pictish Trail/Candythief from Fence Records.



Viva Stereo's debut album, 'Optimism is Not a Curse', was released in October 2004(before this they released 4 x EP's). It featured contributions from Malcolm Middleton(Arab Strap), King Creosote and Pictish Trail(Fence Records),Paul Tierney(Odeon Beat Club), Stacey Seivnwright(Reindeer Section),



"with two adrenaline fuelled guitars, this is like Hallelujah pre-Factory played on PCP. The grind of the electronic drums and sequencing is pumped up to hell, by the pulsing bass and Primal vocals and searing guitars. When the whole thing reaches its climax, its a testament that Viva Stereo have got you there, one exciting step after another." Live Review Manchester Music.co.uk
"their vertiginous jams are bolstered with cosmic loops and samples, space-walking in similar orbits as Death In Vegas and Primal Scream with all the adrenalised assurance of a band who've suddenly discovered their forte" The Metro
"Sounding like the bastard love child of Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie and Death In Vegas' Richard Fearless, Viva Stereo are cooking up quite a sound" Leeds Music Scene
"a strutting mass of sneering proto punk / psyche robotics replete with grind like menacing electronics and heavy duty fearsome hook laden riffs, think Darklands era Jesus and Mary Chain" Losing Today Fanzine
"Exterminator era Primal Scream basslines, twinned with Cooper Temple Clause styled mad electronic pulses, Viva Stereos sound is really refreshing, drawing you in with riotous and fiery vocals, then chewing you up with monstrous guitar parts" High Voltage Fanzine
"This is the sound of a band making music they believe in and it's good enough to take a chance on. Viva Viva Stereo indeed". Lost Music Fanzine
"It's rare to find such versatility and inventiveness in one album. Even rarer to come across a band brave enough to break out of media-imposed boundaries and take their music wherever it needs to go. Highly, highly recommended". -Contact Music
"Viva Stereo are probably Glasgow's best-kept secret" -Tangents Fanzine
"Innovation is dead, thank God for bands that recycle good old ideas and make them transcendent thank God for Viva Stereo" Logo Magazine
For a Viva Stereo pictorial history check out our Flickr site