{"id":1146,"date":"2010-08-17T18:34:04","date_gmt":"2010-08-18T01:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=1146"},"modified":"2010-08-17T18:34:04","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T01:34:04","slug":"matthew-ryan-dear-lover-the-acoustic-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2010\/08\/matthew-ryan-dear-lover-the-acoustic-version\/","title":{"rendered":"MATTHEW RYAN + Dear Lover (The Acoustic Version)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Dear-Lover-M-Review-JulyAugust2010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1147\" title=\"Dear-Lover-M-Review-JulyAugust2010\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Dear-Lover-M-Review-JulyAugust2010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Dear-Lover-M-Review-JulyAugust2010.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Dear-Lover-M-Review-JulyAugust2010-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>M<\/strong><strong>ATTHEW RYAN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Dear Lover (The Acoustic Version)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewryanonline.com\" target=\"_blank\">matthewryanonline.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Over the course of a dozen albums, Matthew Ryan has created a singular sound that combines low-lit arrangements with a pensive perspective. The haunting music is so consistently somber it often makes Leonard Cohen seem giddy by comparison. Regardless, Ryan\u2019s opted to strip the sound down even more by reimagining his last album with the barest of instrumentation\u2014acoustic guitar and harmonica with occasional cello. Given that hushed ambiance, the most incisive element in this mix is Ryan\u2019s voice. Parched, weary and hushed, it conveys the sense of quiet desperation that\u2019s instilled in songs such as \u201cBeauty Has a Name,\u201d \u201cSome Streets Lead Nowhere\u201d and \u201cWe Are Snowmen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MATTHEW RYAN Dear Lover (The Acoustic Version) matthewryanonline.com Over the course of a dozen albums, Matthew Ryan has created a singular sound that combines low-lit arrangements with a pensive perspective. The haunting music is so consistently somber it often makes Leonard Cohen seem giddy by comparison. Regardless, Ryan\u2019s opted to strip the sound down even [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[196,713,10159,623,712,714],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146"}],"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=1146"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1148,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146\/revisions\/1148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}