{"id":9746,"date":"2014-12-09T13:28:29","date_gmt":"2014-12-09T13:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/?p=9746"},"modified":"2014-12-09T13:28:29","modified_gmt":"2014-12-09T13:28:29","slug":"rich-aucoin-ephemeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2014\/12\/09\/rich-aucoin-ephemeral\/","title":{"rendered":"Rich Aucoin \u2013 Ephemeral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/2014\/12\/09\/rich-aucoin-ephemeral\/richaucoin-500x500\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9747\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9747\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stylusmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/richaucoin-500x500-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"richaucoin-500x500\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Second albums are sometimes important because they show ways in which an artist is trying to evolve or improve.<!--more--> <i>Ephemeral, <\/i>the second album from Rich Aucoin, is more of a polished, synth-based sound. Synths are not new for Aucoin, but they take prominence here. There\u2019s a focus to this album that has Aucoin emphasizing the bombast that he had used on <i>We\u2019re All Dying to Live.<\/i> The songs are catchy and powerful, exuding populist euphoria; it\u2019s like listening to a collective burst of excitement. This is often underscored by a multitude of vocalists sing-shouting choruses, as on \u201cWant to Believe\u201d and \u201cFour More Years.\u201d Maybe more importantly, <i>Ephemeral <\/i>more than halves the number of tracks than the previous album, giving the whole album strength by virtue of its leanness. In spite of all the positive, <i>Ephemeral <\/i>falls into something of a loud chorus trap. It\u2019s pretty easy to see how these songs could whip a crowd into a frenzy, but song after song of this eventually lessens the strength of emotion. Though a great album, one recorded over three years should have more to get excited over than just how excited it is. (Bonsound,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bonsound.com\/\">bonsound.com<\/a>) <b>Devin King<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Second albums are sometimes important because they show ways in which an artist is trying to evolve or improve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9746","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=9746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9746\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}