{"id":56673,"date":"2017-03-14T13:28:43","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T18:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=56673"},"modified":"2017-03-14T13:28:43","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T18:28:43","slug":"ne-hi-offers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2017\/03\/14\/ne-hi-offers\/","title":{"rendered":"NE-HI: Offers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium alignright wp-image-56674\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/a3846155622_16.jpg?fit=300%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/a3846155622_16.jpg 700w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/a3846155622_16-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/a3846155622_16-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/a3846155622_16-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><em>Offers<\/em> is the sophomore LP from the Chicago-based band NE-HI. The band is comprised of Jason Balla, Alex Otake, Michael Wells, and James Weir who have been playing shows in the Midwest area since 2013. This second record improves upon their overall production, but sticks with the same catchiness laid out on their self-titled debut that helped them stick out within the Chicago scene. One of my favorite things about this album was that it seemed to flirt with different sub-genres of rock music, mostly in the background but noticeable enough to catch it. The vocals gave me a slight punk vibe at times, and I definitely heard some influence of surf rock tucked between the guitar tracks. Part of me feels like this has potential to be a great summer album to cruise around with the windows down. My favorite track on the album, \u201cDon\u2019t Wanna Know You\u201d, reminds me a lot of some of the songs on DIIV\u2019s 2012 record <em>Oshin<\/em>. \u201cOut of Reach\u201d is another great one which features some groovy, slightly-decayed guitars. The one downside to this record is that the lyrics aren\u2019t particularly memorable. They fit nicely with the sound, but I never found myself getting particularly invested in what they were saying. That being said, <em>Offers<\/em>\u00a0supplies several great tunes that would fit very nicely along with some chill, but still rocking music.<br \/>\n<b><br \/>\nRecommended If You Like: EZTV, DIIV, Twin Peaks, Parquet Courts<br \/>\nRecommended Tracks: 3 (Don&#8217;t Wanna Know You), 6 (Out of Reach), 11 (Stay Young), 7 (Everybody Warned You)<br \/>\nDo Not Play: None<br \/>\nWritten by MacConnell Wilson on 03\/08\/2017 <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Offers by NE-HI is catchy record that builds upon their previous work and supplies some chill, but rocking tunes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15054,"featured_media":56674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3235,3230,181],"tags":[2028,6995,5535,6993,6994],"class_list":["post-56673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-music-reviews","category-new-music-rotation","category-rock-rotation","tag-chicago","tag-grand-jury-music","tag-macconnell-wilson","tag-ne-hi","tag-offers"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/a3846155622_16.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56673","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\/15054"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}