{"id":5687,"date":"2012-04-24T08:19:22","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T15:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=5687"},"modified":"2012-04-24T08:19:22","modified_gmt":"2012-04-24T15:19:22","slug":"delta-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2012\/04\/delta-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"DELTA SPIRIT"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5688\" title=\"DELTA-SPIRIT-M-Review-MarApr2012\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DELTA-SPIRIT-M-Review-MarApr2012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DELTA-SPIRIT-M-Review-MarApr2012.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DELTA-SPIRIT-M-Review-MarApr2012-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>D<\/strong><strong>ELTA SPIRIT<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong><em>Delta Spirit<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[Rounder]<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>It\u2019s fitting that Delta Spirit\u2019s third full-length album is self-titled. The band reinvents itself here, channeling the raucous energy and sound of its live performances. Lineup changes\u2014guitarist Sean Walker has been replaced by Will McLaren\u2014and a cross-country relocation from Long Beach, Calif., to Brooklyn has erased the rootsy folk leanings of previous releases, leaving tightly crafted rock in their place. Multilayered soundscapes developed with producer Chris Coady create a compelling backdrop for frontman Matt Vasquez\u2019s vocals, which range from a boyish chirp on peppy toe-tapper \u201cCalifornia\u201d to a raspy howl on \u201cTear It Up.\u201d Sandwiched between the two best songs (the guitar-driven \u201cIdaho\u201d and \u201cOtherside\u201d), the droning \u201cHome\u201d robs <em>Delta Spirit<\/em> of \u00a0some of its momentum. No matter: Delta Spirit has found its best self, and the result is one of the year\u2019s freshest, most\u00a0enjoyable listens.\u00a0 \u2013Juli Thanki<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DELTA SPIRIT Delta Spirit [Rounder] It\u2019s fitting that Delta Spirit\u2019s third full-length album is self-titled. The band reinvents itself here, channeling the raucous energy and sound of its live performances. Lineup changes\u2014guitarist Sean Walker has been replaced by Will McLaren\u2014and a cross-country relocation from Long Beach, Calif., to Brooklyn has erased the rootsy folk leanings [&hellip;]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":[196,537,3303,164],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5687"}],"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=5687"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5689,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5687\/revisions\/5689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}