{"id":739,"date":"2010-04-07T10:16:51","date_gmt":"2010-04-07T16:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/?p=739"},"modified":"2010-04-07T10:16:51","modified_gmt":"2010-04-07T16:16:51","slug":"review-brasstronaut-mt-chimaera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2010\/04\/07\/review-brasstronaut-mt-chimaera\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Brasstronaut &#8211; Mt. Chimaera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-740\" title=\"brasstroanut\" src=\"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/brasstroanut.jpg\" alt=\"brasstroanut\" width=\"250\" height=\"251\" \/>So, just to let you know, bands like Vancouver\u2019s Brasstronaut are why we have umbrella terms like \u201cindie.\u201d The guitar isn\u2019t front and centre for most songs\u2014it\u2019s a pretty even blend of guitar, piano, clarinet and trumpet. Yeah, really. They aren\u2019t a jazz band, though the middle of \u201cLo Hi Hopes\u201d gets pretty Dixieland. The closest thing we could put them beside are Clues or Islands (though they strangely don\u2019t resemble a spec of the Unicorns); they have sometimes quirky, sometimes intimate, and sometimes self-effacing lyrics over overreaching chord progressions, heavy emphasis on acoustic instruments. With a stand up bass too, yet. The thing sounds like it could flip to a cheesy adult-contempo record around any bend, but Edo Van Breemen\u2019s indie rock voice keeps things in check and instead, every song becomes a tiny journey. \u201cHearts Trompet\u201d becomes a more grandiose ballad with every passing minute; \u201cSlow Knots\u201d ventures into sassy (I almost want to say French touch) territory; \u201cRavan\u201d walks a tight-rope of tension but plays it smooth by the end. So yeah, it\u2019s recommended if you like indie or that one indie rock band\u2014what was their name again? Oh yeah, Arcade Fire. (Unfamiliar, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.areyoufamiliar.com\">www.areyoufamiliar.com<\/a>) <strong>Taylor Benjamin Burgess<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, just to let you know, bands like Vancouver\u2019s Brasstronaut are why we have umbrella terms like \u201cindie.\u201d The guitar isn\u2019t front and centre for most songs\u2014it\u2019s a pretty even blend of guitar, piano, clarinet and trumpet. Yeah, really. They aren\u2019t a jazz band, though the middle of \u201cLo Hi Hopes\u201d gets pretty Dixieland. The [&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":[],"class_list":["post-739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739","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=739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}