{"id":3176,"date":"2011-11-22T10:29:04","date_gmt":"2011-11-22T16:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/?p=3176"},"modified":"2011-11-22T10:29:04","modified_gmt":"2011-11-22T16:29:04","slug":"adam-and-the-amethysts-flickering-flashlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2011\/11\/22\/adam-and-the-amethysts-flickering-flashlight\/","title":{"rendered":"ADAM AND THE AMETHYSTS &#8211; Flickering Flashlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3177\" href=\"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/2011\/11\/22\/adam-and-the-amethysts-flickering-flashlight\/adam\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3177\" title=\"adam\" src=\"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/adam-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\nI\u2019ve never owned one of those ordinary-looking rocks chopped in half with amethyst crystals bulging out like grape Kool-Aid, but in front of me is the Montreal-based band Adam and the Amethysts\u2019 second album of indie pop, and it\u2019s pretty darn nice. Genre-wise, it also fits under the euphemous description \u201cpsychedelic folk,\u201d but it\u2019s crafted from pretty familiar ingredients. Nothing about this record strikes me as particularly memorable, but that doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s not enjoyable. <em>Flickering Flashlight<\/em> is delicate but never weak, and filled with little odds and ends that keep things interesting. Here and there are gleeful yells, and the tune to \u201cAuld Lang Syne\u201d; a rhythm reminiscent of music boxes, and strains of violin like sunlit ripples on the lake. <a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bABU9thgz_E\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cGitchee Gumee Yeah Yeah\u201d<\/a> is an unabashedly fun song. \u00a0\u201cGet me out of my clothes, and into the cool lake,\u201d croons Adam over a funky bassline and all sorts of dizzying sound effects. \u201cIf it seems like I\u2019m dreaming, don\u2019t wake me,\u201d is another lovely line from the song <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/29958301\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cDreaming,\u201d<\/a> filled with low-key beachy sounds. The album ends with \u201cUntitled,\u201d a stirring 40 seconds of melancholy cello. This isn\u2019t going to knock you off your feet, but \u00a0it\u2019ll come up on shuffle while you\u2019re riding your bike on a sunny day, and slowly the world will look and sound warmer, crisper, sweeter. The equivalent of apple crumble for your cochleas? Yeah, bring it on. (Kelp Records, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kelprecords.ca\/\">www.kelprecords.ca<\/a>) <strong>Adrienne Yeung<\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve never owned one of those ordinary-looking rocks chopped in half with amethyst crystals bulging out like grape Kool-Aid, but in front of me is the Montreal-based band Adam and the Amethysts\u2019 second album of indie pop, and it\u2019s pretty darn nice. Genre-wise, it also fits under the euphemous description \u201cpsychedelic folk,\u201d but it\u2019s crafted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[453,632,747],"class_list":["post-3176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-indie","tag-montreal","tag-pop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3176","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\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3176\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}