{"id":4947,"date":"2012-02-17T21:12:40","date_gmt":"2012-02-18T04:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=4947"},"modified":"2012-02-17T21:12:40","modified_gmt":"2012-02-18T04:12:40","slug":"craig-finn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2012\/02\/craig-finn\/","title":{"rendered":"CRAIG FINN"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4948\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/CRAIG-FINN-M-Review-Dec2011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/CRAIG-FINN-M-Review-Dec2011.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/CRAIG-FINN-M-Review-Dec2011-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1><strong>C<\/strong><strong>RAIG FINN<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong><em>Clear Heart Full Eyes<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[Vagrant]<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>After five albums with Brooklyn indie rockers the Hold Steady, frontman Craig Finn has made his first foray into solo territory. While <em>Clear Heart Full Eyes<\/em> is a down-tempo, alt-country departure from Finn\u2019s usual classic-rock <em>oeuvre<\/em>, this is no throwaway acoustic cop-out. In lieu of electric guitar we find pedal steel warbling to fill in the negative space. The album\u2019s production sounds thin and almost minimalist compared to the stadium-friendly sounds of the Hold Steady, emphasizing a suitable dryness in his vocal delivery. Finn\u2019s lyrics continue to impress, with heart-wrenching stories of unfortunate people between offhand references to Freddie Mercury and Joan Didion. Though religion is a recurring theme, even fans might be taken aback by the determined focus on Jesus. <em>Clear Heart <\/em>shows a sense of purpose that keep these songs as ever coming off as castoffs from Finn\u2019s day job. \u2013Amanda Farah<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CRAIG FINN Clear Heart Full Eyes [Vagrant] After five albums with Brooklyn indie rockers the Hold Steady, frontman Craig Finn has made his first foray into solo territory. While Clear Heart Full Eyes is a down-tempo, alt-country departure from Finn\u2019s usual classic-rock oeuvre, this is no throwaway acoustic cop-out. In lieu of electric guitar we [&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":[196,3103,3102,3032,1245],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4947"}],"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=4947"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4949,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4947\/revisions\/4949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}