{"id":9352,"date":"2014-08-12T14:39:15","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T14:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/?p=9352"},"modified":"2014-08-12T14:39:15","modified_gmt":"2014-08-12T14:39:15","slug":"owen-pallett-in-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2014\/08\/12\/owen-pallett-in-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"Owen Pallett &#8211; In Conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/2014\/08\/12\/owen-pallett-in-conflict\/owen-pallett-in-conflict-500x500\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9353\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9353\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stylusmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Owen-Pallett-In-Conflict-500x500-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Owen-Pallett-In-Conflict-500x500\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unsettled strings introduce the first song on Owen Pallett\u2019s second solo album, a decidedly more autobiographical collection of songs than his first.<!--more--> He even mentions himself by name several times (\u201cOwen where were you to stop the fire?\u201d). It\u2019s full of wistful violin, contrasting playfulness with grittiness. In the title track he sings of black hearts, a shadow of violence and an inverted car.<\/p>\n<p>Pallett wanes angst, singing of being childless at 30 and never having children (\u201cI would bear them and confuse them, my children\u201d). And he seems haunted by his own childhood, \u201ca kid without a heart my chest an empty cavity a hole to be filled by the multitudes around me,\u201d he sings. Instrumentals weave through staccato strings (\u201cSoldiers Rock\u201d), faraway vocals \u201cThe Riverbed\u201d) and are sometimes even reminiscent of a Disney princess movie soundtrack (\u201c&#8211;&gt; (2)\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>But you won\u2019t find yourself slipping into \u201chappily ever after\u201d too quickly. As soon as Pallett opens his mouth he reminds us where we really are\u2014his black and bloody, though beautiful, inner world. This Polaris short-listed album is versatile, perfect for a frantic bike ride or evening of soul searching. (Domino Recording Co, <a href=\"http:\/\/owenpalletteternal.com\" target=\"_blank\">owenpalletteternal.com<\/a>) <b>Meghan Mast<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unsettled strings introduce the first song on Owen Pallett\u2019s second solo album, a decidedly more autobiographical collection of songs than his first.<\/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":[],"class_list":["post-9352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9352","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=9352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9352\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}