{"id":31659,"date":"2014-09-22T12:34:27","date_gmt":"2014-09-22T17:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=31659"},"modified":"2014-09-22T12:34:27","modified_gmt":"2014-09-22T17:34:27","slug":"karen-o-crush-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2014\/09\/22\/karen-o-crush-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"Karen O: Crush Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Listening to this album was like having a crush on these <i>Crush Songs<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Infamous Frontwoman of The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Karen O, has produced the best recorded-at-home style collections I\u2019ve listened to in a long time. \u00a0These songs were written when she was 27 while surfing the waves of several crushes. \u00a0This is an album made up of short bursts of emotion and longing. \u00a0That iconic voice so often heard leading bombastic anthems is here mellow and pure, backed by simple guitar chords.<\/p>\n<p>Each song is simple and short. \u00a0\u201cOoo\u201d opens the album with a lighthearted ode. \u00a0The following tracks slow down and discuss the dark moments of crushes. \u00a0By the time \u201cDay Go By\u201d came by, I was ready for its return to the positive parts of crushing. \u00a0\u201cOoo,\u201d \u201cNYC Baby,\u201d \u201cDay Go By,\u201d \u201cSunset Sun\u201d are most definitely the best songs on this album. \u00a0\u00a0They leave you intrigued, obsessed, and wanting more. \u00a0Listening to this album was like having a crush on these <i>Crush Songs<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Recommended if you like: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, lo-fi<\/p>\n<p>Recommended Tracks:\u00a0 \u201cOoo,\u201d \u201cNYC Baby,\u201d \u201cDay Go By,\u201d and \u201cSunset Sun\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reviewed by bunnyBot (Addison McDaniel) on September 12, 2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listening to this album was like having a crush on these Crush Songs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":31660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3230,181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-music-rotation","category-rock-rotation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/a1a5ee1c.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31659","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=31659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}