{"id":42871,"date":"2016-03-07T13:52:15","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T19:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=42871"},"modified":"2016-03-07T13:52:15","modified_gmt":"2016-03-07T19:52:15","slug":"mothers-when-you-walk-a-long-distance-and-you-are-tired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2016\/03\/07\/mothers-when-you-walk-a-long-distance-and-you-are-tired\/","title":{"rendered":"Mothers: When You Walk a Long Distance and You are Tired"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Mothers-e1457379877459.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43020\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-43020 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Mothers-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mothers\" width=\"295\" height=\"295\" \/><\/a>Hailing from Athens, Georgia\u2014a music powerhouse known for churning out bands\u00a0like R.E.M., the Whigs, and the B-52s\u2014Mothers release their debut album\u00a0<em>When You Walk a Long Distance and You are Tired<\/em>. Puffy-eyed and ghostly, this albums weeps its way through the tones of heavy premonition and heaps of self-doubt. Folky and slow-drawn, there are some subtle surprises sprinkled throughout the instrumentals that really sweep away thought while focusing on the stunning lyricism.<\/p>\n<p>The album opens with &#8220;Too Small for Eyes,&#8221; a song that appropriately captures the sound of the song itself. A small haunting voice (lead-singer Kristine Leschper proclaims its insecurity about a toxic relationship). This is more or less a good introduction to the rest of the album. Though a quiet guitar with a slow-stringed lead lifting its climaxes\u00a0is the scheme to the first track, the tone is well set. As the album moves on into &#8220;It Hurts Until it Doesn&#8217;t&#8221; and &#8220;Copper Mines,&#8221; a subtle mastery of tempo and build is well displayed. Further into &#8220;Nesting Behavior&#8221; and &#8220;Lockjaw,&#8221; the instrumentation maintains itself while fluctuating in volume. However, the heartbreak becomes a little much to ignore\u2014which is precisely why this album is deserving of attention. &#8220;Blood-Letting&#8221; and &#8220;Burden of Proof&#8221; provide much of the same. Though not too exploratory, these two tracks stay true and can more than stand on their own. &#8220;Hold Your Hand,&#8221; the final track, does an excellent job of tying all elements of this album together into a neat package. From seamless tempo-shift and the building wave of sound to the adept lyricism, the album ties together nicely.<\/p>\n<p>Trying to pinpoint the direct likeness of this album is a little tough. It can be compared to that mature I&#8217;m-gone-craft-brew-drinking-adult sound that The World Is A Beautiful Place And I Am No Longer Afraid To Die\u00a0brought to the table last year with <em>Harmlessness<\/em>. Then again, one is also able to pick up on Waxahatchee and Torres et al. Ultimately, the building sense of dread and heartbreak builds as one is given a chance to peek into the insecurities of a failing relationship which is an incredibly hard thing to specify, capture and present.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended if You Like: Sharon Van Etten, Angel Olsen, The World Is A Beautiful Place And I Am No Longer Afraid To Die, Waxahatchee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended Tracks:\u00a01 (Too Small for Eyes), 2 (It Hurts Until it Doesn&#8217;t), 8 (Hold Your Hand)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Do Not Play:\u00a0None<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Written by Dylan Fox on 03\/07\/16<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Puffy-eyed and ghostly, this albums weeps its way through the tones of heavy premonition and heaps of self-doubt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7465,"featured_media":43020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3235,3230,181],"tags":[4574,4575],"class_list":["post-42871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-music-reviews","category-new-music-rotation","category-rock-rotation","tag-mothers","tag-when-you-walk-a-long-distance-and-you-are-tired"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Mothers-e1457379877459.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42871","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\/7465"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}