{"id":1844,"date":"2011-03-18T11:19:33","date_gmt":"2011-03-18T18:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=1844"},"modified":"2011-03-18T11:19:33","modified_gmt":"2011-03-18T18:19:33","slug":"the-pipettes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2011\/03\/the-pipettes\/","title":{"rendered":"THE PIPETTES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/THE-PIPETTES-M-Review-December2010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1845\" title=\"THE-PIPETTES-M-Review-December2010\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/THE-PIPETTES-M-Review-December2010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/THE-PIPETTES-M-Review-December2010.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/THE-PIPETTES-M-Review-December2010-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>T<\/strong><strong>HE PIPETTES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Earth vs. the Pipettes<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[Polka Dot Sounds\/Fortuna Pop]<\/p>\n<p>After delving into the sound of classic early-\u201960s girls groups on 2006\u2019s <em>We Are the Pipettes<\/em>, the Brit indie act\u2019s follow-up takes the next logical step by diving into disco. Maybe they should have stuck with the girl-group thing. Now a duo after near-constant lineup changes over the past four years, the Pipettes approach disco head-on with glossy songs packed full of candy-colored synthesizers and pulsing beats intended for fancy steps on light-up dance floors. But coupled with iffy songwriting, the swirling synths and Studio 54 vibes overpower the cheeky appeal the Pipettes showed on their earlier work. \u201cOur Love Was Saved by Spacemen\u201d is carried along by punchy bass, sweeping strings and a mariachi-style trumpet line, while opener \u201cCall Me\u201d leads off with a klaxon that gives way to scratchy funk guitar and effervescent vocals. It\u2019s a game attempt at a tongue-in-cheek tribute, but an ultimately ineffective one. \u2013ED<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE PIPETTES Earth vs. the Pipettes [Polka Dot Sounds\/Fortuna Pop] After delving into the sound of classic early-\u201960s girls groups on 2006\u2019s We Are the Pipettes, the Brit indie act\u2019s follow-up takes the next logical step by diving into disco. Maybe they should have stuck with the girl-group thing. Now a duo after near-constant lineup [&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":[196,1334,1388,1390,1389,1387],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1844"}],"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=1844"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1846,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1844\/revisions\/1846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}