{"id":2611,"date":"2011-10-06T20:56:29","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T01:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=2611"},"modified":"2011-10-18T22:06:33","modified_gmt":"2011-10-19T03:06:33","slug":"jupe-jupe-reduction-in-drag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2011\/10\/06\/jupe-jupe-reduction-in-drag\/","title":{"rendered":"Jupe Jupe: &#8220;Reduction in Drag&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Seattle-based music gets dark&#8230;but in a good way.<!--more--><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px;\">If you think \u201cDance Music For The Depressed\u201d is a descriptor that could never be used, you haven\u2019t heard of Jupe Jupe. A quartet out of Seattle, Jupe Jupe intends to keep your head nodding with hooks that move you on both a physical and emotional level. The album has a prevailing dark and brooding tone, with lyrics commenting on everything from typical band thoroughfare (breakups\/girls in general) to reflections on religion. The darkness can approach unbearable levels at time, track seven, \u201cThe Fire Curtain\u201d being a good example, which is basically a five minute long lullaby that seems to come straight out of the \u201cNightmare Before Christmas\u201d universe. This song finds its counterpart in the similarly orchestral, but less dark, final track \u201cThe Raincoats of Cherbourg.\u201d This six-minute instrumental provides a break from the gloom of the previous songs and allows you to ingest what you\u2019ve been hearing over the past half hour.<\/span><\/h2>\n<div>Give this album a listen if you\u2019re a fan of The Handsome Furs or The Killers. It\u2019s eerie how well \u201cEl Topo\u201d could fit on The Killers \u201cDay and Age\u201d album. Stay away if you\u2019re looking for an upbeat pop album. Jupe Jupe is a band that knows their music well, and they say it best in \u201cEl Topo\u201d, \u201cGlamorous, can you handle us? We\u2019re so dangerous, how could you look away?\u201d<\/div>\n<div><strong>Reviewed by:<\/strong> Brendan Higginbottom 25 September 2011<\/div>\n<div><strong>RIYL:<\/strong> The Handsome Furs, The Killers, Dark Pop\/Glam Rock<\/div>\n<div><strong>Recommended Tracks:<\/strong> 5, 6, 9, 10<\/div>\n<div><strong>FCC Warning:<\/strong> None<\/div>\n<div><strong>Label:<\/strong> Jupe Jupe Music<\/div>\n<div><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> 1 November 2011<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seattle-based music gets dark&#8230;but in a good way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3230,181],"tags":[340,355],"class_list":["post-2611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-music-rotation","category-rock-rotation","tag-brendan-higginbottom","tag-jupe-jupe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/2410t.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611","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\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}