Vox & Sermo is Michael Stanley's newest project and band name for an, amongst others, The Seeds, The Beatles, Beach Boys, REM, Muse and Clash inspired songwriting exercise. Vox & Sermo focuses the songs on the vocals and choir arrangements, together with laid back guitar, bass, organ, synthesizers and drum tracks. At times also the mellotrone and classical instruments are used. Michael Stanley's musical base is well settled in the 60's which also is reflected in the song arrangements, with a typical 60's songs build up including some very short songs, some even below 2 minutes. But at times experiments are conducted, e.g. in the song "Leading" where only A verses are used. In "Leading" the variation of the verses are then handled through major guitar and choir arrangements. Also the Tonebender Fuzz pedal finds its way into the late 60's inspired song "My Way". 60's inspired ballads can also be heard in the songs "She Would Say" and "Wonder", favorites among the female teenager fans. In the song "The Storm" excessive synthesizers are used, together with distinctive drum tracks, by some compared to acts like e.g. MUSE.