{"id":9435,"date":"2014-09-09T16:14:28","date_gmt":"2014-09-09T16:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/?p=9435"},"modified":"2014-09-09T16:14:28","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T16:14:28","slug":"lee-bains-iii-the-glory-fires-dereconstructed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2014\/09\/09\/lee-bains-iii-the-glory-fires-dereconstructed\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee Bains III &#038; The Glory Fires &#8211; Dereconstructed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stylusmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/lee-bains-cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9436\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stylusmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/lee-bains-cover-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"lee-bains-cover\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cReal Alabama rock n roll\u201d is how the Glory Fires describe themselves, and they\u2019re spot on with that.<!--more--> Raw, rollicking riffs and driving rhythms, with a bit of punk rock grit thrown in for good measure, form the backbone of these ten tunes. Bains\u2019 lyrics are in the southern tradition of rock n roll storytelling, much like the rawest moments in the Drive-By Truckers catalogue. From the anti-authoritarian rantings of \u201cCompany Man,\u201d to the damning take on America\u2019s colonial history in \u201cWhat\u2019s Good and Gone,\u201d Bains\u2019 lyrics are delivered from the heart, over a wall of squealing guitars, with the aplomb of a southern preacher. Religious imagery itself makes its way into the lyrics throughout the entire record, as though Bains &amp; the Glory Fires are either driven by demons, the Holy Ghost, or some unholy combination of both. The closing number, \u201cDirt Track,\u201d is a rollicking peaen to redeeming nature of southern rock and stock car racing. If you\u2019re standing around this summer, drinking cold ones with the sleeves cut off your shirt, and you\u2019re looking to crank the party into rowdier territory, consider throwing on <i>Dereconstructed<\/i> and turn her up to 11. See you out on the dirt track, buddy. Cheers. (Sub Pop, <a href=\"thegloryfires.com\">thegloryfires.com<\/a>) <strong>Sheldon Birnie<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cReal Alabama rock n roll\u201d is how the Glory Fires describe themselves, and they\u2019re spot on with that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1056],"class_list":["post-9435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-utn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9435","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9435\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}