{"id":627,"date":"2016-06-10T11:47:10","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T15:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/?p=627"},"modified":"2016-11-09T04:29:16","modified_gmt":"2016-11-09T09:29:16","slug":"new-release-roundup-paul-mccartney-diarrhea-planet-wesley-fuller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/2016\/06\/10\/new-release-roundup-paul-mccartney-diarrhea-planet-wesley-fuller\/","title":{"rendered":"New Release Roundup &#8211; Paul McCartney, Diarrhea Planet, Wesley Fuller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MUSIC <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paulmccartney.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Paul McCartney<\/a> \u2013 <em>Pure McCartney <\/em><br \/>\nWith all of the live albums, compilations (<em>All the Best<\/em>, <em>Wingspan<\/em>), and expanded editions of solo albums the former Beatle has released, it\u2019s fair to ask why we might need another retrospective, especially if you\u2019ve already got all of the material on Pure McCartney elsewhere in your collection. Maybe you don\u2019t. But if you want to make your own mix based on this collection, it\u2019s a great representation of what McCartney has done, by himself and with Wings or other collaborators, since 1970. The bigger hits like \u201cMaybe I\u2019m Amazed,\u201d \u201cJet,\u201d and \u201cBand on the Run\u201d are well represented, but there are also some great tracks that tend to get overshadowed, like \u201cHeart of the Country\u201d from <em>Ram<\/em> and \u201cWanderlust\u201d from <em>Tug of War<\/em>. If you go for the four-disc version, you get even deeper into the catalogue with things like \u201cBip Bop\u201d off of <em>Wild Life<\/em> and \u201cPress\u201d from <em>Press To Play<\/em>. Again, you might have all of this stuff already, but it\u2019s a wonderfully curated collection.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XssYovzh3O4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sh4b_p55e2U\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>2. D<a href=\"http:\/\/diarrheaplanet.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">iarrhea Planet<\/a> \u2013 <em>Turn to Gold<\/em><br \/>\nI\u2019m not sure what I was expecting out of a band called Diarrhea Planet, except that they would be loud and punk-adjacent and perhaps too intent on offending. So I was amused to hear the first track on Turn To Gold was majestic rock guitar instrumental, further amused it was called \u201cHard Style 2.\u201d At heart, Diarrhea Planet is a melodic rock band with punk sympathies and a sense of humor, and while spending time on their celestial namesake would be an absolutely disgusting experience, listening to the band is not. It\u2019s a fun album, a romp through all kinds of Big Rock clich\u00e9s, like the anthemic \u201cAin\u2019t A Sin To Win.\u201d They\u2019ve even got \u201cBob Dylan\u2019s Grandma,\u201d whom they say \u201cholds down the two and four.\u201d They can even do pretty. \u201cLie Down\u201d is a sheer wall of chiming and fuzzed out guitars and melancholy, surely a lighter-waver when they do it live. Don\u2019t take Turn To Gold too seriously, and you\u2019ll have an enjoyable experience.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/252030704&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>3. <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/melvista-ep\/id1092660689\" target=\"_blank\">Wesley Fuller<\/a> \u2013 <em>Melvista<\/em><br \/>\nThe Melbourne-based Fuller comes on like a garage rock Beach Boys on his new EP. \u201cRunaway Renee\u201d has the harmonies and the fun-in-the-sun feel augmented by a jangling 12-string electric guitar and a little sludge around the edges. \u201cMelvista\u201d sounds a bit like early Cars, synths riding over rock and roll guitars. It\u2019s good car stereo music.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QFkCXGyYRwg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MUSIC 1. 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