{"id":59973,"date":"2017-07-10T12:51:27","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T17:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=59973"},"modified":"2017-07-10T12:51:27","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T17:51:27","slug":"the-courtneys-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2017\/07\/10\/the-courtneys-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"The Courtneys: II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium alignright wp-image-59974\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/courtneys-ii_opt.jpg?fit=300%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/courtneys-ii_opt.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/courtneys-ii_opt-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/courtneys-ii_opt-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Hailing from Vancouver, Canada, the femme punk pop triplet The Courtneys sounds more like the New Zealander rock of the 80s than Canadian rock of the 10s. This makes sense as this album is released via Flying Nun records of The Clean and The Chills fame. <em>II<\/em> is a short but sweet collection of ten fuzzy pop songs which fly by in a moment. \u201cSilver Velvet\u201d kicks off the album with fuzz feedback and a chugging bass which is then iced with sheeny vocals adding a layer of sweet to the jangly rock below. This song sets the pace for <em>II<\/em> which remains grungy and gorgeous at once. \u201cMinnesota\u201d features the head-boppiest hook on the disc with choppy verses and a gliding chorus ending with a dive right into the winter snow. \u201cLost Boys\u201d strikes Velvet Underground territory with a chiming jam clocking in at seven minutes. \u201c25\u201d has the strongest verse with pounding drums and its memorable quip \u201cbut that just got me nowhere.\u201d<br \/>\nThis album steers towards its vocal hooks like a drunk driver steers towards the ditch. These sweetly short songs bounce through a verse or two and hit hard into the choruses. <em>II<\/em> is a strong follow up for the Courtneys and a DJ can\u2019t go wrong spinning any of these fast-acting pop songs.<br \/>\n<b><br \/>\nRecommended If You Like: Cherry Glazerr, Hinds, Sleater-Kinney, the Clean, Best Coast<br \/>\nRecommended Tracks: 1, 3, 7, 5<br \/>\nDo Not Play: None<br \/>\nWritten by Doug Bybee on 07\/06\/2017 <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Canadian femme fuzz pop trio are back with a second round of chugging riffs and shimmery vocals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":953,"featured_media":59974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3235,181],"tags":[7535,7533,1676,1485,6827,7536,7532,7534],"class_list":["post-59973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-reviews","category-rock-rotation","tag-alex-calder","tag-canada","tag-ii","tag-mac-demarco","tag-makeout-videotape","tag-silver-velvet","tag-the-courtneys","tag-vancouver"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/courtneys-ii_opt.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59973","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\/953"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}