{"id":12716,"date":"2024-07-30T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/?p=12716"},"modified":"2026-05-07T19:32:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T00:32:27","slug":"album-review-lana-winterhalt-recovering-theatre-kid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2024\/07\/30\/album-review-lana-winterhalt-recovering-theatre-kid\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review :: Lana Winterhalt :: Recovering Theatre Kid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/a0198763684_10-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Lana in pink with wild pink and purple make up, her eyes rolled up into her head rubbing her temple with one hand leaning on her elbow in a room full of flowers. \" class=\"wp-image-12717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/a0198763684_10-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/a0198763684_10-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/a0198763684_10-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/a0198763684_10-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/a0198763684_10-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/a0198763684_10.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>by Keeley Braunstein-Black\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lana Winterhalt released her third full-length album, <em>Recovering Theatre Kid<\/em>, a 31-and-a-half-minute emotional rollercoaster of genuine vulnerability, on March 22. In the lead-up to the full album, parts of it were released as EPs: Act I &amp; II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>She has structured the album like a musical theatre production with two acts, an opening and an intermission, and builds to the powerful closing song, \u201cPlease Don\u2019t Let Me Go.\u201d The opening, \u201cIntro,\u201d sounds reminiscent of backstage before the opening of a theatre production. The relaxing and mellow song \u201cIntermission,\u201d located halfway through the album, is something I would put on a mindful meditation playlist with its keys and humming. In the age of constant single releases, I found it refreshing to come across a thematic album that has been carefully planned and thought out.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI just want you to like me; I just want you to love me,\u201d Lana calls out during the first song, \u201cRecovering Theatre Kid.\u201d Isn\u2019t that something we all long for at the end of the day?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My favourite song on the album is \u201cBlockbuster.\u201d Something about this song, filled with the harmonies of many Lanas crashing over each other in melodic waves and nostalgia, captures my attention and imagination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBean\u201d is an emotionally loaded song about pregnancy and all of the complicated emotions, hopes, and fears that come with it. It isn\u2019t dressed up; it&#8217;s simple and lets the meaningful lyrics eloquently carry the song&#8217;s weight.&nbsp;<br><em>Recovering Theatre Kid<\/em> is a masterful performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Keeley Braunstein-Black\u00a0 Lana Winterhalt released her third full-length album, Recovering Theatre Kid, a 31-and-a-half-minute emotional rollercoaster of genuine vulnerability, on March 22. In the lead-up to the full album, parts of it were released as EPs: Act I &amp; II.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1420,1647,1648,1104],"class_list":["post-12716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reviews","tag-album-review","tag-lana-winterhalt","tag-recovering-theatre-kid","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12716"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12718,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12716\/revisions\/12718"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}