{"id":568,"date":"2010-02-04T09:54:24","date_gmt":"2010-02-04T15:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/?p=568"},"modified":"2010-02-04T09:54:24","modified_gmt":"2010-02-04T15:54:24","slug":"review-cocktail-hostages-ransom-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2010\/02\/04\/review-cocktail-hostages-ransom-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Cocktail Hostages &#8211; Ransom EP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>COCKTAIL HOSTAGES<br \/>\n<em>Ransom EP<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-569\" title=\"cocktail-hostages-ransom-ep\" src=\"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/cocktail-hostages-ransom-ep.jpg\" alt=\"cocktail-hostages-ransom-ep\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/>Although they are just beginning to establish themselves, local act Cocktail Hostages have found a niche in the already-crowded hard rock scene. Their <em>Ransom EP<\/em> features tracks more reminiscent of the glory days of dark, brooding grunge than the rise of the Nickelback and their doppelgangers. The EP starts with \u201cCrawl,\u201d a catchy, power chord-heavy hard rock number before settling into a couple steady atmospheric tracks. \u201cIn the Woods\u201d is more appealing than the lead-off cut, with frontman Roger Moufiler\u2019s deep voice circling around Eastern-sounding guitar riffs. The final track is the EP\u2019s strongest. No one can deny the hypnotic power and ominous charm of \u201cMidnight City,\u201d pulsating towards the disc\u2019s fiery conclusion. (Independent, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/cocktailhostages\" target=\"_blank\">www.myspace.com\/cocktailhostages<\/a>) <strong>Kent Davies<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COCKTAIL HOSTAGES Ransom EP Although they are just beginning to establish themselves, local act Cocktail Hostages have found a niche in the already-crowded hard rock scene. Their Ransom EP features tracks more reminiscent of the glory days of dark, brooding grunge than the rise of the Nickelback and their doppelgangers. The EP starts with \u201cCrawl,\u201d [&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":[201,563],"class_list":["post-568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-cocktail-hostages","tag-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568","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=568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}