{"id":12134,"date":"2017-01-03T06:00:42","date_gmt":"2017-01-03T11:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=12134"},"modified":"2026-08-04T10:51:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T14:51:43","slug":"album-mini-review-the-legal-matters-conrad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2017\/01\/03\/album-mini-review-the-legal-matters-conrad\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Mini-review: The Legal Matters — Conrad"},"content":{"rendered":"

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File next to: Wings<\/strong>, Lannie Flowers<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Power pop is the Rodney Dangerfield<\/strong><\/a> of the rock world: it gets no respect. Detractors call it shamelessly derivative and lightweight. Those who have a soft spot for the subgenre, on the other hand, appreciate the chiming, sticky-sweet melodies and sharp hooks. Michigan’s the Legal Matters \u2013 a trio featuring Keith Klingensmith<\/strong>, Chris Richard<\/strong> and former Verve Pip<\/a>e<\/strong> guitarist Andy Reed<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 self-released a fine eponymous debut in 2014; it gained the attention of Omnivore Recordings, who promptly signed the band. Reed’s high voice (with able harmony vocal support from his band mates) contrasts nicely with the McCartney-esque \u201cI’m Sorry Love.\u201d The occasional melancholy minor-key outing such as \u201cMore Birds Less Bees\u201d contrasts with the preponderance of upbeat (yet midtempo) songs. Klingensmith only gets one writing credit (\u201cPull My String\u201d) but it’s one of the best tunes on a strong album.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

File next to: Wings, Lannie Flowers Power pop is the Rodney Dangerfield of the rock world: it gets no respect. Detractors call it shamelessly derivative and lightweight. Those who have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12135,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,51,55,62,65],"tags":[2957,1622],"class_list":["post-12134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-release","category-pop","category-powerpop","category-rawk","category-review","tag-legal-matters","tag-omnivore-recordings","cat-49-id","cat-51-id","cat-55-id","cat-62-id","cat-65-id","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12134"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32117,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12134\/revisions\/32117"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}