{"id":8856,"date":"2013-02-06T15:15:48","date_gmt":"2013-02-06T22:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=8856"},"modified":"2013-02-06T15:15:48","modified_gmt":"2013-02-06T22:15:48","slug":"chris-stamey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2013\/02\/chris-stamey\/","title":{"rendered":"CHRIS STAMEY"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8857\" title=\"CHRIS-STAMEY-M-Review-No24\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/CHRIS-STAMEY-M-Review-No24.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/CHRIS-STAMEY-M-Review-No24.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/CHRIS-STAMEY-M-Review-No24-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>C<\/strong><strong>HRIS STAMEY<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong><em>Lovesick Blues<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[Yep Roc]<\/p>\n<p>Having spent much of his career in the producer\u2019s chair, Chris Stamey fittingly applies lessons learned behind the scenes to this, his first solo album in seven years. Following a recent reunion with his seminal power-pop band the dB\u2019s, Stamey ups the musical ante on <em>Lovesick Blues<\/em>. The album is lushly arranged and brimming with emotion, and Stamey adds a personal perspective to the radiant pop approach that\u2019s long been his signature. The most striking difference this time around is the emphasis on slower, more pervasive melodies. The stately reverence of \u201cWintertime\u201d recalls Simon and Garfunkel\u2019s folk finesse, while \u201cThe Room Above the Bookstore\u201d provides a narrative that\u2019s intimate yet ornate. The gentle repose of \u201cAstronomy,\u201d \u201cLondon\u201d and the bittersweet title track, meanwhile, convey an air of quiet contemplation, making these <em>Lovesick Blues<\/em> all the more affecting. \u2013Lee Zimmerman<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHRIS STAMEY Lovesick Blues [Yep Roc] Having spent much of his career in the producer\u2019s chair, Chris Stamey fittingly applies lessons learned behind the scenes to this, his first solo album in seven years. Following a recent reunion with his seminal power-pop band the dB\u2019s, Stamey ups the musical ante on Lovesick Blues. The album [&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":[196,4028,5885,5945,398],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8856"}],"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=8856"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8858,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8856\/revisions\/8858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}