{"id":22292,"date":"2013-04-18T14:35:06","date_gmt":"2013-04-18T19:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=22292"},"modified":"2013-04-18T14:35:06","modified_gmt":"2013-04-18T19:35:06","slug":"bill-baird-spring-break-of-the-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2013\/04\/18\/bill-baird-spring-break-of-the-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Baird &#8211; Spring Break of the Soul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>New age Frank Zappa takes a more psychedelic approach\u00a0<\/strong><!--more--><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/b>A culmination of over two years in the studio, Bill Baird released <em>Spring Break of the Soul<\/em> in early March, 2013. From a technical standpoint the album is insanely intricate, weaving an impressive ambient tone across the entire album, accompanied with precise and often overwhelming layering. While some have likened Bill Baird to artists like Frank Zappa and Syd Barret, Baird\u2019s latest effort resembles more of an Animal Collective or Flaming Lips approach to composition. However, the album is varied, ranging from psychedelic\u00a0ambiance\u00a0to funk.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This variety is both a benefit and a hindrance. It helps keep the album interesting and varied, but it hurts standalone tracks.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>Spring Break of the Soul<\/em> is designed for a complete listen through. Some tracks stand out better than others, but the album as a whole is a strangely cohesive experience. My favorite track was a poppy guitar solo song called \u201cLake Paul Pointilistic.\u201d One of more the basic songs of the album, it illustrates how Bill Baird can take a simple concept and expand on it. It also illustrates how Baird sounds better when he is not swamping songs with effects.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Some notable songs of the album are \u201cWorld Gone Deaf,\u201d \u201cShave,\u201d and \u201cLake Paul Pointilistic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">If you\u2019re looking for a straightforward, simple listening album, Bill Baird is not your guy. If you are looking for an experience with some hits and misses but undeniably intricate, Spring Break of the Soul is worth a look. Bill Baird is definitely paying homage to other psychedelic bands, but he occasionally breaks the mold in unexpected ways.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RIYL<\/strong>: Animal Collective, God is an Astronaut, The Flaming Lips, Syd Barret (kind of)<br \/>\n<strong>FCC<\/strong>: Recommended are clean for sure<br \/>\n<strong>REC<\/strong>: 3,11,15<br \/>\n<strong>Release Date<\/strong>: March 5th, 2013<\/p>\n<p><em>Reviewed by Evan Gottstine<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/bill-baird-spring-break-of-the-soul.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-22293\" alt=\"bill-baird-spring-break-of-the-soul\" src=\"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/bill-baird-spring-break-of-the-soul-300x300.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/bill-baird-spring-break-of-the-soul-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/bill-baird-spring-break-of-the-soul-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/bill-baird-spring-break-of-the-soul.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/bill-baird-spring-break-of-the-soul-125x125.jpeg 125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New age Frank Zappa takes a more psychedelic approach\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":128,"featured_media":22293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3230,181],"tags":[1964,1940,1965],"class_list":["post-22292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-music-rotation","category-rock-rotation","tag-bill-baird","tag-evan-gottstine","tag-spring-break-of-the-soul"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/bill-baird-spring-break-of-the-soul.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/128"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}