{"id":3644,"date":"2011-10-07T11:56:39","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T18:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=3644"},"modified":"2011-10-07T11:56:39","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T18:56:39","slug":"o-a-r","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2011\/10\/o-a-r\/","title":{"rendered":"O.A.R."},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/M-Review-JulyAugust2011-OAR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3645\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/M-Review-JulyAugust2011-OAR.jpg\" alt=\"O.A.R.\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/M-Review-JulyAugust2011-OAR.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/M-Review-JulyAugust2011-OAR-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>O.A.R.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong><em>King<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[Wind-up]<\/p>\n<p>O.A.R.\u2019s seventh album showcases a self-assured band at the height of its creative powers. Frontman Marc Roberge and company offer up a healthy dose of kinetic reggae grooves, with bright splashes of horns and other colorations. Longtime fans will welcome the return of the Wanderer, the fictional narrator of their early work, on the opening title track. The bouncy acoustic opening of \u201cTaking on the World Today\u201d conveys a bright summery feel, while the infectious romp \u201cAre You Low?\u201d wouldn\u2019t sound out of place on a Maroon 5 album. \u201cDangerous Connection,\u201d an instantly catchy tune written with Andrew McMahon of Jack\u2019s Mannequin, likewise pulsates with an infectious Latin-flavored beat. Throughout <em>King<\/em>, the members of O.A.R. demonstrate that they\u2019ve learned valuable lessons in pop craftsmanship in addition to solid musicianship\u2014not to mention the rare ability to make you ponder and pogo all at once. \u2013Bob Cannon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>O.A.R. King [Wind-up] O.A.R.\u2019s seventh album showcases a self-assured band at the height of its creative powers. Frontman Marc Roberge and company offer up a healthy dose of kinetic reggae grooves, with bright splashes of horns and other colorations. Longtime fans will welcome the return of the Wanderer, the fictional narrator of their early work, [&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":[196,2482,2506,2505,2507],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3644"}],"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=3644"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3646,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3644\/revisions\/3646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}