{"id":62920,"date":"2017-10-11T16:19:50","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T21:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=62920"},"modified":"2017-10-12T10:15:04","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T15:15:04","slug":"dent-may-across-the-multiverse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2017\/10\/11\/dent-may-across-the-multiverse\/","title":{"rendered":"Dent May: Across The Multiverse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium alignright wp-image-62921\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/yess.jpg?fit=300%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/yess.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/yess-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/yess-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Dent May is a small town boy turned LA City Dweller with modern lyrics trapped in 70s pop\/psychedelic melodies. May creates a unique blend of sounds and styles in his new album\u00a0<em>Across the Multiverse<\/em>. But does this contrast of retro sound and modern lyrics help May stand<br \/>\nout or does it just turn him into every other retro indie artist?<\/p>\n<p>The album art of <em>Across the Multiverse<\/em> (Miami hotline colors, music videos that look like they\u2019re from the 80s, and overall A E S T H E T I C) is cliche and downright overdone at this point thanks to Macintosh Plus; however, this style fits with the theme of May\u2019s album being what happens when you cross eras (70s sound, 80s look, modern lyrics), making the album more immersive and an overall experience rather than a collection of songs. Tracks like &#8220;Hello Cruel World,&#8221; &#8220;Picture On a Screen,&#8221; and &#8220;Dream 4 Me&#8221; are fantastic in instrumentals and structure. It\u2019s a shame that no one in the recording studio told Dent that he\u2019s incapable of hitting low notes; almost all the tracks on this album became annoying and in some cases (like picture on a screen) unlistenable, which unfortunately tarnishes the album from multiple listens and<br \/>\nbecoming a notable album of 2017.<\/p>\n<p><em>Across the Multiverse<\/em> is a unique concept album. Dent sticks to a concise, each song<br \/>\nfeels like it\u2019s meant to be there and it\u2019s adding to a narrative, not just a song that was added just because. Unfortunately, Dent\u2019s groggy low vocals drops the great sounding package he was trying to create in the first place. If you\u2019re looking for some extra songs to add to your \u201cchill vibes\u201d playlist, &#8220;Dream 4 Me&#8221; and &#8220;A Little Bit Goes A Long Way&#8221; are worthy additions though the rest of this album could be skipped.<br \/>\n<b><br \/>\nRecommended If You Like: Frankie Rose. Mr. Twin Sister<br \/>\nRecommended Tracks: 4 (Dream 4 Me), 8 (A Little Bit Goes A Long Way)<br \/>\nDo Not Play: None<br \/>\nWritten by Karsan Turner on 10\/11\/2017 <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dent May is a small town boy turned LA City Dweller with modern lyrics trapped in 70\u2019s<br \/>\npop\/ psychedelic melodies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20836,"featured_media":62921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3235,181],"tags":[7730,1009,7729],"class_list":["post-62920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-music-reviews","category-rock-rotation","tag-across-the-multiverse","tag-dent-may","tag-karsan-turner"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/yess.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62920","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\/20836"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}