{"id":3963,"date":"2011-10-30T18:55:44","date_gmt":"2011-10-31T01:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=3963"},"modified":"2011-11-02T01:13:01","modified_gmt":"2011-11-02T08:13:01","slug":"indigo-girls-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2011\/10\/indigo-girls-2\/","title":{"rendered":"INDIGO GIRLS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/M-Review-SeptemberOctober2011-INDIGO-GIRLS.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3964\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/M-Review-SeptemberOctober2011-INDIGO-GIRLS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/M-Review-SeptemberOctober2011-INDIGO-GIRLS.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/M-Review-SeptemberOctober2011-INDIGO-GIRLS-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>INDIGO GIRLS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong><em>Beauty Queen Sister<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[Vanguard]<\/p>\n<p>The Indigo Girls\u2019 music has always been marked by two distinct songwriting sensibilities: Amy Ray\u2019s post-punk brashness and Emily Saliers\u2019 more folk-inspired, laid-back vibe. That split-brain approach remains intact on the duo\u2019s 14th studio album, but the tug of Saliers\u2019 quieter style dominates. Soft-lit ballads and outdoorsy acoustic pop abound, nestled in rootsy instrumentation and a production approach (courtesy of Peter Collins, on hand for the first time since 1994\u2019s <em>Swamp Ophelia<\/em>) that often brings to mind the soundscapes of Daniel Lanois. Finest moments include \u201cShare the Moon,\u201d a Ray tune driven by swooping violin and muted, rumbling percussion, and \u201cGone,\u201d a Saliers-penned piano-pop ditty that evokes mid-\u201970s Elton John. Even when the album rocks, as on the fuzz-guitar-fueled \u201cMaking Promises,\u201d the effect is more Paul Simon than Paul Westerberg. After a quarter century together, the Indigo Girls\u2019 chemistry now seems safely nestled in a place of subdued grace. \u2013Russell Hall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INDIGO GIRLS Beauty Queen Sister [Vanguard] The Indigo Girls\u2019 music has always been marked by two distinct songwriting sensibilities: Amy Ray\u2019s post-punk brashness and Emily Saliers\u2019 more folk-inspired, laid-back vibe. That split-brain approach remains intact on the duo\u2019s 14th studio album, but the tug of Saliers\u2019 quieter style dominates. Soft-lit ballads and outdoorsy acoustic pop [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[196,2647,2294,2615,423],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3963"}],"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=3963"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4100,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3963\/revisions\/4100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}