{"id":8704,"date":"2014-03-25T15:24:43","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T15:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/?p=8704"},"modified":"2014-03-25T15:24:43","modified_gmt":"2014-03-25T15:24:43","slug":"jay-malinowski-the-deadcoast-martel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2014\/03\/25\/jay-malinowski-the-deadcoast-martel\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay Malinowski &#038; The Deadcoast &#8211; Martel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/2014\/03\/25\/jay-malinowski-the-deadcoast-martel\/jay50\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8705\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8705\" alt=\"jay50\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stylusmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/jay50-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Jay Malinowski &amp; The Deadcoast\u2019s latest, <em>Martel,<\/em> is a collection of fictional letters-as-songs.<!--more--> Moving away from Bedouin Soundclash, the singer\u2019s project pays homage to his grandfather, Martel. Each song is supposed to be a letter from Martel to his granddaughter, Kit. In a blog post, he explains that the album idea came to him when he was walking across Spain and found a place called the deadcoast. <em>Martel<\/em> is more of a concept album than anything else. The narrative doesn\u2019t really make sense without checking Malinowski\u2019s website or blog. Its eighteen tracks are divided into two parts: Atlantic and Pacific. On the website and cover art, each song is numbered and placed on a different spot on the map, making every song a letter from Martel to Kit about the places Martel has been, from \u201cThe Shadow of St-Malo\u201d to \u201cDying Californian.\u201d Not surprisingly, most of the songs sounds like sea shanties. Although some of them come off as a little strange and short, like \u201cMain-a-Dieu\u201d and \u201cLes Bas Fonds (Paris Syndrome),\u201d which both run no longer than a minute and thirty seconds. <em>Martel<\/em> goes through everything from sea shanty \u201cDying Californian,\u201d which was the standout track for me, to the flamenco inspired \u201cCarnival Celebration #2.\u201d While it can seem a bit confusing and runs a little long, the album features some winners and makes for an easy listen. (Pirates Blend Record Inc, <a href=\"http:\/\/jaymalinowski.com\" target=\"_blank\">jaymalinowski.com<\/a>) <strong>Martyna Turczynowicz<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Jay Malinowski &amp; The Deadcoast\u2019s latest, Martel, is a collection of fictional letters-as-songs.<\/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":[1056],"class_list":["post-8704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-utn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8704","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=8704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8704\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}