{"id":20568,"date":"2021-02-28T05:30:24","date_gmt":"2021-02-28T10:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=20568"},"modified":"2021-03-02T18:36:56","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T23:36:56","slug":"album-review-kimon-kirk-altitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/28\/album-review-kimon-kirk-altitude\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review &#8212; Kimon Kirk &#8212; Altitude"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-20569\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/kimon_kirk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/kimon_kirk.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/kimon_kirk-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/kimon_kirk-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>There\u2019s always a place for chiming, ear-candy rock with folk and singer-songwriter tendencies. And that&#8217;s what\u2019s offer on <i>Altitude<\/i>, the new album from Boston-based Kimon Kirk. This guitarist and songwriter had a solid understanding of pop music values, and he crafts accessible tunes that draw the listener in. There are hints of country in subtle use of slide and\/or pedal steel guitar, but splashes of Mellotron (also subtle) give the entire affair a more mainstream appeal. The record should find fans among those who like Tom Petty, Gin Blossoms and similarly song-focused artists.<\/p>\n<p>Kirk\u2019s gentle voice is an excellent vehicle to convey his thoughtful lyrics, but it\u2019s really the strong melodies that will hook most listeners. Come for the catchy tunes like \u201cTrampoline,\u201d and stay for the intelligent lyrics. When Kirk dials back the energy \u2013 as on \u201cStranded\u201d \u2013 his singer-songwriter character comes to the forefront. The atmospheric textures of \u201cWhat Do I Know\u201d mine similar territory, and \u201cI Think of You\u201d moves even farther toward a kind of folk-meets-ambient. \u201cInterlude\u201d doubles down on that airy, impressionist vibe.<\/p>\n<p>But then Kirk moves back toward conventional songcraft. Aimee Mann is credited as cowriter on the gentle, contemplative \u201cBaby Who Knows\u201d), and that\u2019s never a bad thing. And then things get amped up with the country-rocking \u201cThe Girl I Used to Know,\u201d one of Altitude\u2019s strongest cuts. &#8220;Myopic&#8221; rocks, too. There are no missteps on this album; it offers a pleasing range of musical textures, from gently rocking to near-abstract instrumental work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s always a place for chiming, ear-candy rock with folk and singer-songwriter tendencies. And that&#8217;s what\u2019s offer on Altitude, the new album from Boston-based Kimon Kirk. This guitarist and songwriter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20569,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,62,65],"tags":[4462],"class_list":["post-20568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-release","category-rawk","category-review","tag-kimon-kirk","cat-49-id","cat-62-id","cat-65-id","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20568"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20602,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20568\/revisions\/20602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}