{"id":643,"date":"2010-08-11T11:54:10","date_gmt":"2010-08-11T18:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=643"},"modified":"2010-08-11T11:55:34","modified_gmt":"2010-08-11T18:55:34","slug":"the-whigs-in-the-dark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2010\/08\/the-whigs-in-the-dark\/","title":{"rendered":"THE WHIGS + In the Dark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/In-the-Dark-M2-Review-MarApr2010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-644\" title=\"In-the-Dark-M2-Review-MarApr2010\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/In-the-Dark-M2-Review-MarApr2010.jpg\" alt=\"In the Dark\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/In-the-Dark-M2-Review-MarApr2010.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/In-the-Dark-M2-Review-MarApr2010-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>T<\/strong><strong>HE WHIGS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>In the Dark<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[ATO]<\/p>\n<p>On their second major label offering, Athens, Ga., trio the Whigs expand their ambitions to create a stylistic mesh of alt-rock, garage-rock and more. <em>In the Dark<\/em> is built on propulsive rhythms and unrelenting intensity that circle the divide midway between Kings of Leon and U2. Singer Parker Gispert veers towards the dark side, particularly when he\u2019s raging and ranting via \u201cHundred\/Million,\u201d \u201cBlack Lotus\u201d and \u201cI Am For Real.\u201d Likewise, \u201cI Don\u2019t Even Care About the One I Love\u201d may be the most unabashedly honest breakup song ever imagined. Tension aside, the band provides enough hooks to ensure a stadium-size sing-along, from the party vibe generated by the title track to the cosmic yet catchy coda of \u201cNaked.\u201d Ironically, given its tone, <em>In the Dark<\/em> may well be the album that takes the Whigs out of the shadows and into the spotlight. \u2013 Lee Zimmerman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE WHIGS In the Dark [ATO] On their second major label offering, Athens, Ga., trio the Whigs expand their ambitions to create a stylistic mesh of alt-rock, garage-rock and more. In the Dark is built on propulsive rhythms and unrelenting intensity that circle the divide midway between Kings of Leon and U2. Singer Parker Gispert [&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":[196,165,304,271,303],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643"}],"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=643"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":646,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643\/revisions\/646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}