{"id":7593,"date":"2013-08-27T14:28:26","date_gmt":"2013-08-27T14:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/?p=7593"},"modified":"2013-08-27T14:28:26","modified_gmt":"2013-08-27T14:28:26","slug":"dustin-bentall-the-smokes-you-are-an-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2013\/08\/27\/dustin-bentall-the-smokes-you-are-an-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Dustin Bentall &#038; The Smokes &#8211; You Are an Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/2013\/08\/27\/dustin-bentall-the-smokes-you-are-an-island\/dustin\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7594\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7594\" alt=\"dustin\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stylusmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/dustin-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b id=\"docs-internal-guid-2f1b1af1-9c9d-1fe2-eee3-165d34f41e90\"><br \/>\n<\/b>This latest EP from <a href=\"http:\/\/music.cbc.ca\/#\/artists\/Dustin-Bentall-The-Smkes\" target=\"_blank\">Dustin Bentall &amp; The Smokes<\/a> is presented ostensibly as a companion piece to 2012\u2019s <em>Orion<\/em>.<!--more--> While a few songs off <em>You Are an Island<\/em> would fit into the vibe of <em>Orion<\/em>, this EP also features work that is definitely a departure from much of Dustin\u2019s previous output. Producer Ryan Dahle (Limblifter, Age of Electric) clearly helped Bentall move out of his comfort zone. The result is an short, eclectic set of songs that is perfect for a summer afternoon booze cruise or a day spent sipping Luck-Dogs on the beach. While the experimental tunes are a nice addition (especially the title track), I\u2019m still drawn to the classic Bentall sound on \u201cPretty Good Life,\u201d \u201cEvery Chord That Rings\u201d, and \u201cShine.\u201d Regardless of whether you\u2019re a fan of Bentall\u2019s already, or this EP marks your introduction, you\u2019ll be listening to this album on repeat for a good while. (Aporia, <a href=\"http:\/\/dustinbentall.com\" target=\"_blank\">dustinbentall.com<\/a>)<b id=\"docs-internal-guid-2f1b1af1-9c9d-1fe2-eee3-165d34f41e90\"> Sheldon Birnie<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This latest EP from Dustin Bentall &amp; The Smokes is presented ostensibly as a companion piece to 2012\u2019s Orion.<\/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":[289,817],"class_list":["post-7593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-dustin-bentall","tag-root-cellar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7593","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=7593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7593\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}