{"id":9045,"date":"2014-06-03T15:22:06","date_gmt":"2014-06-03T15:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/?p=9045"},"modified":"2014-06-03T15:22:06","modified_gmt":"2014-06-03T15:22:06","slug":"proud-animal-proud-animal-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2014\/06\/03\/proud-animal-proud-animal-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"Proud Animal \u2013 Proud Animal EP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/2014\/06\/03\/proud-animal-proud-animal-ep\/a1817890093_10\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9046\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9046\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stylusmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/a1817890093_10-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"a1817890093_10\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Proud Animal pack a wide range of sounds across their debut self-titled EP.<!--more--> This may seem like a sign that the band, formed only four months before this release, was struggling to find its voice. This isn\u2019t entirely true. The band sounds self-assured throughout, from the folky \u201cOpen up the Dark,\u201d the guitar solo of \u201cAlice,\u201d and the indie charm of \u201cLittle Hinge.\u201d While they may sound self-assured, the EP doesn\u2019t quite work as a whole or as a sum of its parts. With only three band members, the simple instrumentation of the songs often makes them seem longer than they ought to be. The pacing too is off, as songs like \u201cLight Was Young\u201d stretch toward the six minute mark. Though not always consistent, there is definite charm in this band, particularly in songs like \u201cLittle Hinge.\u201d With shared vocal duties, this song is reminiscent of bands like Immaculate Machine. The use of autoharp and keyboard is more imaginative and catchy than the more straightforward instrumentation on other tracks. This evidences where the band will hopefully go with more experience under its belt. \u00a0(Independent, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.proudanimal.com\/\">proudanimal.com<\/a>) <b>Devin King<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proud Animal pack a wide range of sounds across their debut self-titled EP.<\/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":[428,447],"class_list":["post-9045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-heavy","tag-iconoclast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9045","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=9045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9045\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}