{"id":517,"date":"2010-02-04T09:15:21","date_gmt":"2010-02-04T15:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/?p=517"},"modified":"2010-02-04T09:15:21","modified_gmt":"2010-02-04T15:15:21","slug":"review-the-soundtrack-of-our-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2010\/02\/04\/review-the-soundtrack-of-our-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: The Soundtrack of our Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES<br \/>\n<em>Communion<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-516\" title=\"tsool - communion\" src=\"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/tsool-communion.jpg\" alt=\"tsool - communion\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/>I think this latest album from Swedish progressive rockers TSOOL is a concept album. Over the course of <em>Communion<\/em>\u2019s double CD expanse, this formidable group presents completely mind-altering tracks which seem to be linked by some kind of spiritual lyric theme that I have yet to fully \u201cget.\u201d What is immediately obvious is this band\u2019s continued skill at presenting layered and interesting songs using a pretty conventional rock band set-up. Singer Ebbot Lundberg has one of those friendly sounding voices that he actually sings with, rather than just emoting, unlike many of his contemporaries. TSOOL handily deliver 24 tracks that alternately rock, rumble, sail and thump at all the right times\u2014strokes of colorful paisley underlie their eclectic take on pretty discernible pop structures. The Arthur Lee tribute track \u201cThe Fan Who Wasn\u2019t There\u201d and the Stones-y rocker \u201cThrill Me\u201d are initial standout tracks. The rest, as they say, will grow on you like rainbow fuzz. (Yep Roc, <a href=\"www.yeproc.com\">www.yeproc.com<\/a>) <strong>Jeff Monk<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES Communion I think this latest album from Swedish progressive rockers TSOOL is a concept album. Over the course of Communion\u2019s double CD expanse, this formidable group presents completely mind-altering tracks which seem to be linked by some kind of spiritual lyric theme that I have yet to fully \u201cget.\u201d What [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[990],"class_list":["post-517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-the-soundtrack-of-our-lives"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}