{"id":39130,"date":"2015-11-03T01:20:31","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T07:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=39130"},"modified":"2015-11-04T16:21:28","modified_gmt":"2015-11-04T22:21:28","slug":"u-s-girls-half-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2015\/11\/03\/u-s-girls-half-free\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Girls: Half Free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright wp-image-39131\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/R-7510169-1442957253-9722.jpeg.jpg?fit=300%2C300\" alt=\"R-7510169-1442957253-9722.jpeg\" width=\"243\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/R-7510169-1442957253-9722.jpeg.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/R-7510169-1442957253-9722.jpeg-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/R-7510169-1442957253-9722.jpeg-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/>On <em>Half Free<\/em>, her third release under the pseudonym U.S. Girls, Meghan Remy sounds like a woman coming undone. The album reeks of discord and discontent, cacophonous arrangements collapsing in on themselves as Remy\u2019s radiant voice pierces effortlessly through the mix. The vocals are without a doubt the main attraction on <em>Half Free<\/em>, as well as the only truly consistent sound on this sonically diverse album.<\/p>\n<p>From the plodding, reggaeton-infused \u201cDamn That Valley\u201d to the chaotic, deep house of \u201cNew Age Thriller\u201d on to the straightforward, guitar-centric rock of \u201cSed Knife,\u201d Remy knocks it out of the park with her catchy-as-hell hooks and vocal acrobatics.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to mention vocals, however, without also discussing Remy\u2019s quite competent lyricism. <em>Half Free<\/em>\u2019s songs take the form of twisted narratives, the kind of songs that Bob Dylan would write if he were a twenty-something experimental indie rock artist with a thing for riot girl-esque feminism and &#8217;80s synth-pop. <em>Half Free<\/em> is a pop album that you can truly sink your teeth into, as well as one of the most refreshing albums to come out this month.<br \/>\n<b><br \/>\nRecommended If You Like: Deradoorian, Madonna, School of Seven Bells<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Recommended Tracks: 3 (Damn That Valley), 6 (New Age Thriller), 7 (Sed Knife)<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Do Not Play: None<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Written by Thomas Gottstein on 10\/29\/15 <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Half Free, her third release under the pseudonym U.S. Girls, Meghan Remy sounds like a woman coming undone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5992,"featured_media":39239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3235,3230,181],"tags":[3860,3549,3861],"class_list":["post-39130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-music-reviews","category-new-music-rotation","category-rock-rotation","tag-half-free","tag-thomas-gottstein","tag-u-s-girls"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/U.S.-Girls-Half-Free-e1446535580452.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39130","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=39130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}