{"id":4924,"date":"2012-02-17T20:54:26","date_gmt":"2012-02-18T03:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=4924"},"modified":"2012-02-17T20:54:26","modified_gmt":"2012-02-18T03:54:26","slug":"the-big-pink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2012\/02\/the-big-pink\/","title":{"rendered":"THE BIG PINK"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4925\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/THE-BIG-PINK-M-Review-Dec2011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/THE-BIG-PINK-M-Review-Dec2011.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/THE-BIG-PINK-M-Review-Dec2011-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1><strong>T<\/strong><strong>HE BIG PINK<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong><em>Future This<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[4AD]<\/p>\n<p>Hyping this follow-up to their stunner of a debut, <em>A Brief History of Love<\/em>, U.K. duo Robbie Furze and Milo Cordell have talked a lot about the influence of pop and hip-hop. Indeed, synths and samples here fill space once reserved for fuzz guitar and live drums, but the Big Pink was never a traditional rock band. Like its predecessor, <em>Future This<\/em> points back to 1991, when groups like EMF, Jesus Jones and most notably U2 began experimenting with electronic dance music, creating a new kind of stadium rock. What\u2019s different this time is the overall tone. The Big Pink\u2019s breakout 2009 single \u201cDominos\u201d presented frontman Furze as something of a playboy, and although he often conveyed a brooding sincerity, this disc\u2019s standout tracks\u2014\u201cStay Gold,\u201d \u201cHit the Ground (Superman),\u201d and \u201cLose Your Mind\u201d\u2014feel more earnest and exuberant. When things get bombastic, the band isn\u2019t just showing off\u2014it\u2019s uplifting the masses. \u2013KP<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE BIG PINK Future This [4AD] Hyping this follow-up to their stunner of a debut, A Brief History of Love, U.K. duo Robbie Furze and Milo Cordell have talked a lot about the influence of pop and hip-hop. Indeed, synths and samples here fill space once reserved for fuzz guitar and live drums, but the [&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":[3087,196,3032,3088,3086],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4924"}],"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=4924"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4926,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4924\/revisions\/4926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}