{"id":783,"date":"2010-04-07T10:57:32","date_gmt":"2010-04-07T16:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/?p=783"},"modified":"2010-04-07T10:57:32","modified_gmt":"2010-04-07T16:57:32","slug":"review-retribution-gospel-choir-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2010\/04\/07\/review-retribution-gospel-choir-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Retribution Gospel Choir &#8211; 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-784\" title=\"retribution gospel choir\" src=\"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/retribution-gospel-choir.jpg\" alt=\"retribution gospel choir\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/>For those who enjoyed Low\u2019s brief foray into loud guitars and massive choruses (2005\u2019s The Great Destroyer), frontman Alan Sparhawk\u2019s other band has crafted another grungey opus, which lives up to the standard set by the band\u2019s excellent 2008 debut. Taking their cues from Crazy Horse, RGC have put out another balls-out rock record that\u2019s big on anthemic choruses and memorable melodies. Opener \u201cHide It Away\u201d sets the mood well, chugging along at 4\/4 with ample emotion and a sturdy wall of sound. \u201cYour Bird\u201d follows with a heavy momentum that RGC manage to sustain. It almost goes with out saying: this territory is far from uncharted, but Sparhawk and his band do a fine job of adding their own subtleties to the mix. The eight-minute jam \u201cElectric Guitar\u201d steals a grinding bassline from Soundgarden, while the punchy \u201cWorkin\u2019 Hard\u201d sounds exactly like what you\u2019d expect from its title, ploughing the same ground as Springsteen and Pearl Jam. RGC executes its material (particularly the guitar solos!) so well that the lack of diversity isn\u2019t really a problem on <em>2<\/em>. When an album is this strong, both in terms of its writing and production, conventions can be a complement. (Sub Pop, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.subpop.com\">www.subpop.com<\/a>) <strong>Jonathan Dyck<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those who enjoyed Low\u2019s brief foray into loud guitars and massive choruses (2005\u2019s The Great Destroyer), frontman Alan Sparhawk\u2019s other band has crafted another grungey opus, which lives up to the standard set by the band\u2019s excellent 2008 debut. Taking their cues from Crazy Horse, RGC have put out another balls-out rock record that\u2019s [&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":[569,794],"class_list":["post-783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-low","tag-retribution-gospel-choir"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783","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=783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}