{"id":10613,"date":"2013-08-12T16:02:33","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T23:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=10613"},"modified":"2013-08-12T16:02:45","modified_gmt":"2013-08-12T23:02:45","slug":"portugal-the-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2013\/08\/portugal-the-man\/","title":{"rendered":"PORTUGAL. THE MAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10614\" alt=\"Portugal-the-Man-M-Review-No28\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Portugal-the-Man-M-Review-No28.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Portugal-the-Man-M-Review-No28.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Portugal-the-Man-M-Review-No28-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>PORTUGAL. THE MAN<\/h1>\n<p><b><i>Evil Friends<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>[Atlantic]<\/p>\n<p>On first pass, listeners with no knowledge of this band might hear <i>Evil Friends<\/i> and wonder if it\u2019s a man or a woman singing. Not only is it a man\u2014it\u2019s <i>the<\/i> man. Portugal. The Man\u2019s John Gourley has a high-pitched voice that\u2019s among the most distinctive in indie rock, and on his group\u2019s eighth studio record, it proves a striking instrument. Generally faster and more aggressive than previous PTM releases, <i>Evil Friends<\/i> features more keyboard and less loose jamming than fans may be used to. Several songs begin slow and soulful but become full-fledged rockers, and the title track delivers a dose of catchy, grinding chord progressions. Although they\u2019re rooted in classic rock, PTM have historically ventured into various musical styles, among them \u201960s psychedelic rock, \u201970s disco and even gospel. With its occasional pop piano,<\/p>\n<p><i>Evil Friends<\/i> has more of an indie rock vibe, and that\u2019s a good thing. This might be the quintet\u2019s most forceful, fine-tuned<\/p>\n<p>offering yet. \u2013Shauna Farnell<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PORTUGAL. THE MAN Evil Friends [Atlantic] On first pass, listeners with no knowledge of this band might hear Evil Friends and wonder if it\u2019s a man or a woman singing. Not only is it a man\u2014it\u2019s the man. Portugal. The Man\u2019s John Gourley has a high-pitched voice that\u2019s among the most distinctive in indie rock, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[196,4112,7038,6978,7037],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10613"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10613"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10617,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10613\/revisions\/10617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}