{"id":2623,"date":"2011-07-26T23:23:23","date_gmt":"2011-07-27T06:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=2623"},"modified":"2011-07-26T23:23:23","modified_gmt":"2011-07-27T06:23:23","slug":"liam-finn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2011\/07\/liam-finn\/","title":{"rendered":"LIAM FINN"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2624\" title=\"LIAM-FINN-M-Review-June2011\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/LIAM-FINN-M-Review-June2011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/LIAM-FINN-M-Review-June2011.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/LIAM-FINN-M-Review-June2011-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>L<\/strong><strong>IAM FINN<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong><em>FOMO<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[Yep Roc]<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re almost certainly wondering what <em>FOMO<\/em> means, so let\u2019s clear that up: It\u2019s an acronym that stands for \u201cfear of missing out,\u201d a common affliction of musicians who are always on the road. Liam Finn devotes his sophomore record to combating that feeling with a batch of pop songs buoyant enough to brighten the occasional dark spot. Finn, the son of Crowded House leader Neil Finn, delivers catchy melodies in a strong, clear voice that cuts through gritty guitar on \u201cReckless\u201d and a stormy, synth-heavy arrangement on \u201cThe Struggle.\u201d He dials in a lazily seductive vibe on \u201cReal Late,\u201d assisted by slinky interplay between bass and piano, and gets reflective on the waltz-time \u201cChase the Seasons.\u201d <em>FOMO<\/em> always sounds like Finn, but there\u2019s plenty of variation from song to song\u2014almost as if he channeled his worry about missing out on life into making sure he got his arms around as much music as possible instead. \u2014Eric R. Danton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LIAM FINN FOMO [Yep Roc] You\u2019re almost certainly wondering what FOMO means, so let\u2019s clear that up: It\u2019s an acronym that stands for \u201cfear of missing out,\u201d a common affliction of musicians who are always on the road. Liam Finn devotes his sophomore record to combating that feeling with a batch of pop songs buoyant [&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":[196,2075,1636,2074,398],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623"}],"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=2623"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2625,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623\/revisions\/2625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}