{"id":3653,"date":"2012-01-31T09:28:17","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T15:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/?p=3653"},"modified":"2012-01-31T09:28:17","modified_gmt":"2012-01-31T15:28:17","slug":"foam-lake-force-and-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2012\/01\/31\/foam-lake-force-and-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"FOAM LAKE &#8211; Force and Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3654\" href=\"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/2012\/01\/31\/foam-lake-force-and-matter\/foam-lake-cover1-297x300\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3654\" title=\"Foam-Lake-cover1-297x300\" src=\"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Foam-Lake-cover1-297x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.6666114709805697\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/radio3.cbc.ca\/#\/artists\/Foam-Lake\" target=\"_blank\">Foam Lake <\/a>takes its name from a Saskatchewan town, population 1,433. <!--more-->Just looking at that number makes me break out into claustrophobic sweat! Thankfully their sound is quite the opposite \u2013 expansive and rich in variety and mood and what can be done with guitars and keyboards. As sounds vibrate and spin into \u201cBlack Hole,\u201d a song as calming as the middle of a storm, you\u2019ll hear a place where violins and lazy tempos swing in perfect harmony. \u201cBaggage\u201d is lit by steady and sturdy drums, and \u201cTrue Hearts\u201d is chock full of catchy energy. Influences range from My Bloody Valentine to the Ramones. All four band members are brothers, and are involved in separate musical projects including Chiba, Slow Down, Molasses, and the Warbrides. This is the first time they\u2019ve worked together, though, and in the debut CD, <em>Force and Matter<\/em> sounds pretty strong and cohesive, coming together in a sound that\u2019s thoughtful and lively. (Independent, <a href=\"http:\/\/foamlakeband.com\" target=\"_blank\">foamlakeband.com<\/a>) <strong>Adrienne Yeung<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foam Lake takes its name from a Saskatchewan town, population 1,433.<\/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":[806,831],"class_list":["post-3653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-rock","tag-saskatchewan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3653","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=3653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3653\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}