{"id":682,"date":"2010-08-11T13:34:01","date_gmt":"2010-08-11T20:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=682"},"modified":"2010-08-11T13:34:18","modified_gmt":"2010-08-11T20:34:18","slug":"reagan-browne-daydreams-in-stereo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2010\/08\/reagan-browne-daydreams-in-stereo\/","title":{"rendered":"REAGAN BROWNE  + DAYDREAMS IN STEREO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DAYDREAMS-IN-STEREO-M2-Review-MarApr2010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-683\" title=\"DAYDREAMS-IN-STEREO-M2-Review-MarApr2010\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DAYDREAMS-IN-STEREO-M2-Review-MarApr2010.jpg\" alt=\"DAYDREAMS IN STEREO\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DAYDREAMS-IN-STEREO-M2-Review-MarApr2010.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DAYDREAMS-IN-STEREO-M2-Review-MarApr2010-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>REAGAN BROWNE <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>DAYDREAMS IN STEREO<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/reaganbrowne.com\" target=\"_blank\">reaganbrowne.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The piercing wail and assertive riffs on the trio of opening tracks from Reagan Browne\u2019s sophomore album make for a one-two-three punch that owes a heavy debt to the Scorpions, Whitesnake and Van Halen. Anyone inclined toward tamer fare might find the material startlingly direct, especially given the sexual innuendo of \u201cWatch My World Explode\u201d or the attitude of \u201cIt\u2019s All Because of U\u201d (\u201cI get up in the morning and start all over again\/I\u2019m too drunk to remember where I\u2019ve been\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>Those willing to wade through these first few numbers will be rewarded, as that sound gives way to the embellished pop of tracks like \u201cFeels Like Mondays (Without You)\u201d and \u201cIt Doesn\u2019t Have to Be This Way.\u201d Then there\u2019s \u201cAlright,\u201d a feel-good number that evokes the sense of driving down the highway, top down, singing along as the radio blasts oldies at full volume. Browne\u2019s an accomplished singer who boasts a five-octave range\u2014although the instrumental title tune ranks as one of the album\u2019s best bets, its rich textures enhancing the impression that Browne\u2019s got big things ahead of him.<\/p>\n<div><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>REAGAN BROWNE DAYDREAMS IN STEREO reaganbrowne.com The piercing wail and assertive riffs on the trio of opening tracks from Reagan Browne\u2019s sophomore album make for a one-two-three punch that owes a heavy debt to the Scorpions, Whitesnake and Van Halen. Anyone inclined toward tamer fare might find the material startlingly direct, especially given the sexual [&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":[196,336,10159,271,335,337],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682"}],"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=682"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":685,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682\/revisions\/685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}