{"id":39738,"date":"2015-11-18T14:33:42","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T20:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=39738"},"modified":"2015-11-20T23:37:14","modified_gmt":"2015-11-21T05:37:14","slug":"the-domestics-the-domestics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2015\/11\/18\/the-domestics-the-domestics\/","title":{"rendered":"The Domestics: The Domestics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/The-Domestics.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-39739 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/The-Domestics-300x300.png\" alt=\"The Domestics\" width=\"269\" height=\"269\" \/><\/a>From Portland, Michael Finn and Leo London are The Domestics. Joined on stage by Kyle Moderhak, Matt Moore and Brad Norton, Finn and London take care of all compositional duties. The duo have released their debut self-titled album through the Oregon label Tender Loving Empire and recently finished a month long tour in support of hometown pals Blitzen Trapper at the end of October. The band\u2019s debut is also available through its <a href=\"https:\/\/domestics.bandcamp.com\/\">Bandcamp<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p>The Domestics blend acoustic and electric guitar instrumentation beneath harmonies from both Finn and London. With a style consisting of mainly indie-rock and folk, soothing synths and dainty percussion adorn the album. \u201cAll The Time\u201d is a more tender, orchestral piece on this album with piano and horns that wash over the listener as the chorus repeats the refrain until a sweet dissolve whereas tracks like \u201cAmerican Drag\u201d carry more of an alt-country, rock sound. \u201cJenny Says\u201d is a page torn from the book of Lawrence band Fourth of July and is one of the most listenable selections off of the album.<\/p>\n<p>The band began to pick up in early 2014 and, though from a rich music town where many groups struggle to set themselves apart, their self-titled release was dubbed \u201ceasily one of the best albums in recent Portland history\u201d by <a href=\"http:\/\/portland.thedelimagazine.com\/20554\/best-portland-2014-for-emerging-artists-final-results-1-domestics-2-sama-dams-3-talkative\">The Deli Magazine<\/a>. This release is laced with longing, love ballads such as \u201cBlue Tarp Moon\u201d with a chorus that earnestly discloses \u201cit\u2019s not hard to be in love with a Brownsville girl \/ but it\u2019s a blue tarp moon and it\u2019s shining just on me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The record finishes with \u201cWhat A Life\u201d that suggests \u201cthe name of the game is redemption and shame.\u201d The Domestics give us a fantastic, fall album along with a lot to think about on this debut. With an honest release under their belt and a foot in the national touring circuit, we can and should expect more from songwriters Finn and London.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommend If You Like: Fourth of July, Blitzen Trapper, Fruit Bats, The Mother Hips<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended Tracks: 3 (Wait Forever), 2 (Jenny Says), 5 (It Came To Me), 8 (Blue Tarp Moon)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Do Not Play: None<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reviewed by Harrison Hipp 11\/18\/15<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a style consisting mainly of indie-rock and folk, soothing synths and dainty percussion adorn this self-titled debut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1602,"featured_media":39739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3235,3230,181],"tags":[2639,3992,3993,3991],"class_list":["post-39738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-music-reviews","category-new-music-rotation","category-rock-rotation","tag-harrison-hipp","tag-portland","tag-tender-loving-empire","tag-the-domestics"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/The-Domestics-e1447878630387.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39738","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\/1602"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}