{"id":36784,"date":"2015-09-17T14:24:01","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T19:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=36784"},"modified":"2015-12-01T01:07:57","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T07:07:57","slug":"deradoorian-the-expanding-flower-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2015\/09\/17\/deradoorian-the-expanding-flower-planet\/","title":{"rendered":"Deradoorian: The Expanding Flower Planet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium alignright wp-image-36785\" src=\"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Expanding.jpg\" alt=\"Expanding\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Expanding.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Expanding-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Expanding-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Have you ever wondered what it would sound like if the Dirty Projectors decided to move to the Armenian Highlands and produce an album while on a steady diet of vodka, LSD, and overripe fruit? If so, you\u2019re in luck; \u00a0that\u2019s exactly the type of sound you can expect from Angel Deradoorian\u2019s debut solo album, The Expanding Flower Planet. As a prominent member of the aforementioned indie pop group, the Dirty Projectors, Deradoorian has a great ear for wildly shifting vocal harmonies and bright analog synthesizers. The bubbly synths play wonderfully off Angel\u2019s (appropriately) angelic voice, which is often overdubbed and modulated, as well as caked in reverb, giving the album a somewhat choral feel.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to delve too deeply into the lyrics though, as they are usually either repetitive to the point of cult-like chanting, or drowned out by a sea of synth pads and reverb. There are a few exceptions, such as \u201cViolent Minds,\u201d which uses psychedelic imagery to convey a deep, visceral affection for some unnamed individual before devolving into yet more repetition. This album, while a bit cryptic and effects-heavy at times, is a welcome departure into a darker, more experimental realm for Deradoorian. A must-have for any fans of the Dirty Projectors or any of Angel\u2019s many other musical works.<br \/>\n<b><br \/>\nRecommended If You Like: Beach House, School of Seven Bells, The Dirty Projectors<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Recommended Tracks: 1 (Violet Minded), 2 (Your Creator), 3 (Darklord)<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Do Not Play: None<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Written by Thomas Gottstein on 09\/09\/15 <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angel Deradoorian, member of the Dirty Projectors and frequent collaborator with Flying Lotus, comes through with a new, experimental album.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5992,"featured_media":36785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3235,3230,181],"tags":[3492,3021,3493,3549],"class_list":["post-36784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-music-reviews","category-new-music-rotation","category-rock-rotation","tag-deradoorian","tag-indie-rock","tag-the-expanding-flower-planet","tag-thomas-gottstein"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Expanding.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36784","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\/5992"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}