{"id":41261,"date":"2016-02-08T19:20:31","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T01:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=41261"},"modified":"2016-02-08T19:20:31","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T01:20:31","slug":"ringo-deathstarr-pure-mood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2016\/02\/08\/ringo-deathstarr-pure-mood\/","title":{"rendered":"Ringo Deathstarr: Pure Mood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright wp-image-41262\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Ringo-Deathstarr-Pure-Mood.jpg?fit=300%2C300\" alt=\"Ringo-Deathstarr-Pure-Mood\" width=\"280\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Ringo-Deathstarr-Pure-Mood.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Ringo-Deathstarr-Pure-Mood-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Ringo-Deathstarr-Pure-Mood-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/>Ringo Deathstarr, as the name might imply, is a band with a divided spirit. Equal parts indie-chill and stoner riff-rock, Ringo brings together a lot of elements that, for the most part, work well. Tracks like \u201cStare at the Sun\u201d explode into dystopian house overtones reminiscent of English trip-hop band Archive. \u201cShow Me the Truth of Your Love\u201d wavers on post-rock airwaves while dipping into moody walls of sound like a foot in cold water.<\/p>\n<p>The album title, <em>Pure Mood<\/em>, is perhaps a nod to how mixed and decidedly impure the album\u2019s influences cross over one another. Tracks like \u201cGuilt\u201d feel like a nod to the cleanly layered preferred tracks of Rock Band aficionados while lyrically poking fun at those tendencies (see \u201cBig Bopper\u201d which specifically calls out Husker Du and Pearl Jam\u2019s \u201cEven Flow\u201d while clearly paying homage to both).<\/p>\n<p>The upside of Ringo Deathstarr\u2019s struggle for identity is that there is something for everyone on this album. Looking to ride the wave out as you bliss your way to the next electronica track? Check out \u201cCalifornia Car Collection.\u201d Want something to tear the edge off? Rip the blister with \u201cAcid Tongue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pure Mood does tend to suffer under its own ambition. Past track seven the album begins to feel a bit tired and forced. We get it, <em>Sgt. Pepper\u2019s Lonely Hearts Club<\/em> was a thing, but merely attaching weird outro bits onto songs does not undue the previous four minutes of much the same. This is their fourth album and so the band may be suffering from touring and creative fatigue.<\/p>\n<p>All in all<em>\u2014<\/em>solid.<br \/>\n<b><br \/>\nRecommended If You Like: The Notwist, the more chill end of Boris, Archive, Fugazi, The Cure<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Recommended Tracks: 2 (Heavy Metal Suicide), 3 (Stare at the Sun), 6 (Guilt)<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Do Not Play: 10 (Never)<em>\u2014<\/em><\/b><b>Cut the final 36 seconds of the outro and you are good.<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Written by Matthew Kay on 02\/08\/16 <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ringo Deathstarr is a band with a divided spirit. Equal parts indie-chill and stoner riff-rock, Pure Mood works towards a good finish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5984,"featured_media":41262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3235,3230,181],"tags":[4060,3386,4288,4287,4286],"class_list":["post-41261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-music-reviews","category-new-music-rotation","category-rock-rotation","tag-alternative","tag-matthew-kay","tag-post-grunge","tag-pure-mood","tag-ringo-deathstarr"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Ringo-Deathstarr-Pure-Mood.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41261","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\/5984"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}