{"id":571,"date":"2010-08-11T09:04:15","date_gmt":"2010-08-11T16:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=571"},"modified":"2010-08-11T09:04:15","modified_gmt":"2010-08-11T16:04:15","slug":"jamie-steve-english-afterthought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2010\/08\/jamie-steve-english-afterthought\/","title":{"rendered":"JAMIE &#038; STEVE + English Afterthought"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/English-Afterthought-M-Review-JanFeb2010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-572\" title=\"English-Afterthought-M-Review-JanFeb2010\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/English-Afterthought-M-Review-JanFeb2010.jpg\" alt=\"English Afterthought\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/English-Afterthought-M-Review-JanFeb2010.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/English-Afterthought-M-Review-JanFeb2010-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>JAMIE &amp; STEVE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>English Afterthought<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/myspace.com\/spongetones\" target=\"_blank\">myspace.com\/spongetones<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For over 30 years, the Spongetones have been among indie rock\u2019s best-kept secrets. The North Carolina combo has labored relentlessly, turning out Anglo-infused power pop and retro rock brimming with shimmering hooks, radiant harmonies and irresistible melodies. Though stripped down to its pair of principals, Jamie Hoover and Steve Stoeckel (with other Spongetones lending support), <em>English Afterthought <\/em>sounds for all intents and purposes like a band outing. There\u2019s no denying its sparkle, from ebullient opener \u201cEmily\u2019s Ghost\u201d to the enticing \u201cColor Me Over Again.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JAMIE &amp; STEVE English Afterthought myspace.com\/spongetones For over 30 years, the Spongetones have been among indie rock\u2019s best-kept secrets. The North Carolina combo has labored relentlessly, turning out Anglo-infused power pop and retro rock brimming with shimmering hooks, radiant harmonies and irresistible melodies. Though stripped down to its pair of principals, Jamie Hoover and Steve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[196,247,10159,246,32,248],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571"}],"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=571"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":573,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571\/revisions\/573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}