{"id":1572,"date":"2011-03-04T16:11:11","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T23:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=1572"},"modified":"2011-03-04T16:11:11","modified_gmt":"2011-03-04T23:11:11","slug":"gin-blossoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2011\/03\/gin-blossoms\/","title":{"rendered":"GIN BLOSSOMS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/GIN-BLOSSOMS-M-Review-SeptOct2010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1573\" title=\"GIN-BLOSSOMS-M-Review-SeptOct2010\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/GIN-BLOSSOMS-M-Review-SeptOct2010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/GIN-BLOSSOMS-M-Review-SeptOct2010.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/GIN-BLOSSOMS-M-Review-SeptOct2010-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>G<\/strong><strong>IN BLOSSOMS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>No Chocolate Cake<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(429 Records)<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been 17 years since the Gin Blossoms broke through with their post-grunge power-pop hits \u201cHey Jealousy\u201d and \u201cFound Out About You.\u201d The band forged on following the tragic suicide of main songwriter Doug Hopkins in late 1993, and even managed to retain its trademark summery style. The latest disc from the on-again, off-again group holds true to that same vibe. Strewn with jangly guitars, hook-laden choruses and soaring vocal harmonies, the songs sound ready-made for pop radio. High points include \u201cDon\u2019t Change for Me,\u201d a churning rocker that evokes mid-period Goo Goo Dolls; \u201cDead or Alive on the 405,\u201d a horn-laced road song that steers toward Fountains of Wayne territory; and \u201cSomewhere Tonight,\u201d a torch ballad that constitutes a rare stylistic detour. The material can be monotonous, as each song runs into the next with little change in tempo or mood\u2014but there\u2019s no denying that the Gin Blossoms\u2019 melodic gifts remain intact. \u2013RH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GIN BLOSSOMS No Chocolate Cake (429 Records) It\u2019s been 17 years since the Gin Blossoms broke through with their post-grunge power-pop hits \u201cHey Jealousy\u201d and \u201cFound Out About You.\u201d The band forged on following the tragic suicide of main songwriter Doug Hopkins in late 1993, and even managed to retain its trademark summery style. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[1081,196,1079,1080,1062],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1572"}],"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=1572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1574,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1572\/revisions\/1574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}