{"id":36439,"date":"2015-09-23T15:28:10","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T20:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=36439"},"modified":"2015-12-01T01:00:59","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T07:00:59","slug":"the-fresh-onlys-early-years-anthology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2015\/09\/23\/the-fresh-onlys-early-years-anthology\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fresh &#038; Onlys: Early Years Anthology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium alignright wp-image-36440\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Fresh-2_opt.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"Fresh-2_opt\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Fresh-2_opt.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Fresh-2_opt.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Fresh-2_opt.jpg?resize=125%2C125&amp;ssl=1 125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Returning to Castle Face Records for the release of a compilation of tracks left off their self-titled debut LP in 2009, Early Years Anthology is full of the bright garage-rock The Fresh &amp; Onlys have come to be known for.\u00a0This album is a perfect mix of jangly, rugged gloom and catchy, sunshiny, San Francisco pop. It is clear, though, that they were just starting out when these songs were created.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a kind of passionate swiftness felt throughout the work, as if it was done lovingly, but also hurriedly. At a few points during the album, the vocals are quite noticeably buried under the guitar. Whether this is done with purpose, I can\u2019t be sure, but the heavy instrumental style is not often repeated in later work like Soothsayer (2013) and House of Spirits (2014).<\/p>\n<p>To be fair, the guitar is as great as always, particularly the riff found in Deviants Within. Though they\u2019ve perhaps become more polished (if garage-rock can ever truly warrant the word) over the years, it\u2019s great to see that the dual nature of bright and dirty hasn\u2019t changed all that much over the years.<br \/>\n<b><br \/>\nRecommended If You Like: Real Estate, Sonny &amp; The Sunsets, Thee Oh Sees<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Recommended Tracks: 1 (Tongue In My Cheek), 4 (Summer Wheels), 10 (Ooh I Got Got), 12 (Pile Of Bones)<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Do Not Play: None<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Written by Bethany Colson on 09\/02\/15 <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These incipient songs are full of love and excitement, all conveyed with a virtually unchanged sound.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6330,"featured_media":36440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3235,3230,181],"tags":[3381,3429,3428],"class_list":["post-36439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-music-reviews","category-new-music-rotation","category-rock-rotation","tag-bethany-colson","tag-early-years-anthology","tag-the-fresh-onlys"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Fresh-2_opt.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36439","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\/6330"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}