{"id":11294,"date":"2016-08-19T05:30:31","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T09:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=11294"},"modified":"2016-07-26T13:28:49","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T17:28:49","slug":"a-band-to-check-out-the-struts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2016\/08\/19\/a-band-to-check-out-the-struts\/","title":{"rendered":"A Band to Check Out: The Struts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11296\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/struts_ew.jpg\" alt=\"struts_ew\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/struts_ew.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/struts_ew-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The Struts<\/strong> are one of those groups that seem as if they&#8217;ve been around forever. Expertly channeling the glammy musical excess of <strong>Queen<\/strong>, the Derby, England quartet burst onto the pop music landscape with 2014&#8217;s <i>Everybody Wants<\/i>. That album charted modestly in the UK and Canada, faring better (#15) on the US rock charts. Ahead of their US tour, the group reissued <i>Everybody Wants<\/i> earlier this year, adding five songs and new, more provocative album art to the set.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"float: left; padding: 10px; width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ss&#038;ref=as_ss_li_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=musoscribe-20&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=B00KD28QWO&#038;asins=B00KD28QWO&#038;linkId=6628537f3c203f9e9d1a28972be2e8da&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The group&#8217;s approach is straightforward: cranking out melodic, anthemic arena rock, they swing for the fences with every track. Big guitars (think of <strong>Boston<\/strong>) meet massed vocal choruses (shades of glam heroes <strong>Slade<\/strong>) and infectious melodies that stick in the listener&#8217;s head (not unlike <strong>Sweet<\/strong>&#8216;s biggest hits of the 1970s). But there&#8217;s a modern sensibility to the group&#8217;s sound that helps The Struts steer clear of overt nostalgia. The group&#8217;s well-crafted songs often recall <strong>Oasis<\/strong> at their best, or the inerrant sense of melody that&#8217;s a characteristic of <strong>Supergrass<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Occasionally, lead vocalist <strong>Luke Spiller<\/strong> sounds perhaps a bit too much like <strong>Freddie Mercury<\/strong>, but the group&#8217;s original songs \u2013 which don&#8217;t overtly ape Queen&#8217;s sound \u2013 help the group maintain its own identity. On record, their aesthetic comes through loud and clear: just from the production and arrangement of their songs, one can pretty well imagine how The Struts look onstage. They proudly take their sartorial cues from <strong>Mick Jagger<\/strong> and <strong>Steven Tyler<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11295\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/struts.jpg\" alt=\"struts\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/struts.jpg 500w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/struts-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The expanded <i>Everybody Wants<\/i> keeps the wattage turned up full for most of its 13 tracks; even when they engage in some power-balladeering (\u201cOnly Just a Call Away\u201d), it&#8217;s a high-energy affair. Insistent hand claps show up on nearly every song: this is music designed for sing- or shout-along audience participation.<\/p>\n<p>In a musical world that&#8217;s often in search of the Next Big Thing, The Struts head in the opposite direction, crafting something that \u2013 while technically new \u2013 aims instead to deliver the carefree exuberance of vintage arena rock, updated for modern audiences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Struts are one of those groups that seem as if they&#8217;ve been around forever. 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