{"id":1713,"date":"2011-03-17T21:23:44","date_gmt":"2011-03-18T04:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=1713"},"modified":"2011-03-17T21:23:44","modified_gmt":"2011-03-18T04:23:44","slug":"everest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2011\/03\/everest\/","title":{"rendered":"EVEREST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/EVEREST-M-Review-November2010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1714\" title=\"EVEREST-M-Review-November2010\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/EVEREST-M-Review-November2010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/EVEREST-M-Review-November2010.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/EVEREST-M-Review-November2010-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>E<\/strong><strong>VEREST<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>On Approach<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[Vapor\/WBR]<\/p>\n<p>From the opening snare drum slam of \u201cLet Go,\u201d this second album by L.A.\u2019s Everest finds ensemble playing and melodic hooks taking precedence over flashy soloing. That\u2019s not to say this is merely living-room rock\u2014with its propulsive backbeat and cascading guitars, \u201cLet Go\u201d sounds like a stadium anthem in waiting. Ditto for the hard-rock gestures of \u201cI\u2019ve Had This Feeling Before\u201d and the lush closer, \u201cCatalyst,\u201d on which vocalist Russell Pollard seizes the moment with a cathartic wail that\u2019s reminiscent of a certain single-named Irish rock superstar. Taken as a whole, the overriding aesthetic of <em>On Approach<\/em> is one in which every instrument serves to add color to a mix rather than seize the spotlight for itself. This is a heartfelt collection of tunes that feel like a golden playlist from \u201970s FM radio. Here\u2019s hoping modern-day radio finds a place for it. \u2013Bob Cannon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EVEREST On Approach [Vapor\/WBR] From the opening snare drum slam of \u201cLet Go,\u201d this second album by L.A.\u2019s Everest finds ensemble playing and melodic hooks taking precedence over flashy soloing. That\u2019s not to say this is merely living-room rock\u2014with its propulsive backbeat and cascading guitars, \u201cLet Go\u201d sounds like a stadium anthem in waiting. Ditto [&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":[196,1237,1232,1236,1175,1233,1234,1235],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1713"}],"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=1713"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1715,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1713\/revisions\/1715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}