{"id":406,"date":"2010-08-10T09:58:49","date_gmt":"2010-08-10T16:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=406"},"modified":"2010-08-10T16:45:02","modified_gmt":"2010-08-10T23:45:02","slug":"lifehouse-smoke-and-mirrors-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2010\/08\/lifehouse-smoke-and-mirrors-review\/","title":{"rendered":"LIFEHOUSE + Smoke &#038; Mirrors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/LIFEHOUSE-Smoke-and-Mirrors-M-Review-JanFeb20101.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-411\" title=\"LIFEHOUSE-Smoke-and-Mirrors-M-Review-JanFeb2010\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/LIFEHOUSE-Smoke-and-Mirrors-M-Review-JanFeb20101.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/LIFEHOUSE-Smoke-and-Mirrors-M-Review-JanFeb20101.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/LIFEHOUSE-Smoke-and-Mirrors-M-Review-JanFeb20101-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Few bands have worked a winning formula as rigorously as Lifehouse. Roaring out of the box a decade ago with the smash \u201cHanging By a Moment,\u201d the L.A.-based group hit upon a radio-friendlier version of the grunge aesthetic. Four albums later, Lifehouse continues to work that approach for all it\u2019s worth. \u201cHalfway Gone,\u201d \u201cHad Enough\u201d and \u201cAll In\u201d sport anthemic choruses, wall-of-sound guitars and infectious melodies, and are given a brittle edge by frontman Jason Wade\u2019s serrated vocals. Tracks like \u201cFalling In\u201d and \u201cBy Your Side,\u201d on the other hand, come off as by-the-numbers ballads written with an eye toward rock arenas. The group does tinker with the mold on occasion: The trip-hop-flavored \u201cIt Is What It Is\u201d ventures into Rob Thomas territory, while the Tom Petty-like title track emits a heartland, Americana vibe. Still, <em>Smoke &amp; Mirrors<\/em><em> <\/em>too often sounds like a band determined to play it safe. \u2013RH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Few bands have worked a winning formula as rigorously as Lifehouse. Roaring out of the box a decade ago with the smash \u201cHanging By a Moment,\u201d the L.A.-based group hit upon a radio-friendlier version of the grunge aesthetic. Four albums later, Lifehouse continues to work that approach for all it\u2019s worth. \u201cHalfway Gone,\u201d \u201cHad Enough\u201d [&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":[196,32,150,151],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406"}],"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=406"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":511,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406\/revisions\/511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}