{"id":475,"date":"2016-04-29T00:01:48","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T04:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/?p=475"},"modified":"2016-11-09T05:04:27","modified_gmt":"2016-11-09T10:04:27","slug":"new-release-roundup-429-the-jayhawks-and-rob-zombie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/2016\/04\/29\/new-release-roundup-429-the-jayhawks-and-rob-zombie\/","title":{"rendered":"New Release Roundup: The Jayhawks and Rob Zombie"},"content":{"rendered":"

MUSIC <\/strong><\/p>\n

1. The Jayhawks<\/a> Paging Mr. Proust<\/em>
\nThis album makes 2011\u2019s Mockingbird Time<\/em>, which saw the band reunite with Mark Olson, seem like a detour. A pleasant one \u2013 Olson and Gary Louris still have a beautiful creative chemistry. But Proust seems like a logical progression from the trajectory set by 2000\u2019s Smile<\/em> and 2003\u2019s Rainy Day Music<\/em>. A lot of the songs start with the Rainy Day<\/em> back-to-basics acoustic approach, but the band builds lush pop orchestrations, a la Smile<\/em>, on that scaffolding. Louris\u2019s voice is at the center of these tight arrangements, and he doesn\u2019t really start to warm up the ol\u2019 SG until the end of track seven, \u201cAce,\u201d where he stutters and blisters over a bubbly electric piano. The longtime faithful get a big reward on track eight with \u201cThe Devil In Her Eyes,\u201d a throwback to the Hollywood Town Hall<\/em> and Tomorrow the Green Grass<\/em> days, with crunchy rhythm guitars, harmonica, and harmonies. It really hits a sweet spot. Proust<\/em> shows off what this band is capable of, with new fuel in the tank and hopefully more miles to go.
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