{"id":70725,"date":"2017-05-17T14:29:48","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T19:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=70725"},"modified":"2019-05-17T14:31:39","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T19:31:39","slug":"andy-shauf-the-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2017\/05\/17\/andy-shauf-the-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Shauf: The Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium alignright wp-image-70726\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/a0278585314_10_opt.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/a0278585314_10_opt.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/a0278585314_10_opt.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/a0278585314_10_opt.jpg?resize=125%2C125&amp;ssl=1 125w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>Canadian folk-pop singer\/songwriter, Andy Shauf, released his latest album on May 20th. This new record, titled <em>The Party<\/em>, is delicate, despite the wild connotations associated with most parties. Listeners waited just under a year and a half for an album, since the release of Shauf\u2019s <em>The Bearer of Bad News<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Party<\/em> is an important album to view in its entirety, mainly due to the storytelling of Shauf\u2019s lyrics. The songs portrays a story through fragments of dialogue, observations of the crowd, and various interactions. Shauf begins the album with \u201cThe Magician\u201d setting the stage with an alluring piano melody. The album proceeds from there to capture the audience lyrically. \u201cEarly to the Party\u201d connects with society\u2019s shared anxiety associated with arriving \u201coverdressed and underprepared.\u201d The album creates a sense of loneliness through a relaxed tempo and solitary lyrics.<\/p>\n<p>His introduction of characters, Jeremy and Sherry, in \u201cQuite Like You\u201d take us on what could easily become a romantic comedy. The narrator is interested in Sherry, who happens to be with his friend, Jeremy. That being said, the plot is much deeper with the narrator taking risks with his own emotions. The album follows characters as they progress farther into a drunken stupor.<\/p>\n<p>Shauf\u2019s narrative style paired with the seamless musical transitions are essential for capturing his audience. As all must, the party wistfully comes to an end. The final track, \u201cMartha Sways\u201d, encompasses all that is unspoken in a goodbye through its nostalgic style.<\/p>\n<p>While <em>The Party<\/em> is more reflective than <em>The Bearer of Bad News,<\/em> fans should still expect to hear their beloved Andy Shauf, in a more refined and pensive light in <em>The Party.<\/em><br \/>\n<b><br \/>\nRecommended If You Like: Adrianne Lenker, Mothers, Haley Heynderickx<br \/>\nRecommended Tracks: 1 (The Magician), 2 (Early To The Party), 10 (Martha Sways)<br \/>\nDo Not Play: None<br \/>\nWritten by Miranda Roberts on 05\/20\/2017 <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Party, is delicate, despite the wild connotations associated with most parties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4332,"featured_media":70726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[8271,7260,8376],"class_list":["post-70725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rock-rotation","tag-andy-shauf","tag-miranda-roberts","tag-the-party"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/a0278585314_10_opt.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70725","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\/4332"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}