{"id":11126,"date":"2015-10-14T06:15:07","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T13:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=11126"},"modified":"2015-10-05T14:19:57","modified_gmt":"2015-10-05T21:19:57","slug":"new-music-revue-long-distance-runners-deliver-eccentric-indie-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2015\/10\/14\/new-music-revue-long-distance-runners-deliver-eccentric-indie-rock\/","title":{"rendered":"New Music Revue<\/em>: Long Distance Runners deliver eccentric indie rock"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Long Distance Runners
\nElements
\n<\/i>(Independent)
\n3\/5<\/p>\n

Elements<\/i>, the third album from Newfoundland rockers Long Distance Runners, blends folk, country, psychedelic, and classic rock sounds. The band delivers unique arrangements of guitar, bass, and percussion with synth and horns, creating a very eccentric sonic landscape.<\/p>\n

The punchy bass lines and shimmering guitar leads take centre stage: \u201cYou Gotta Remind Me,\u201d the best song on the album, is a fine example of this.<\/p>\n

The group\u2019s propensity for experimentation does not always work in their favour, most notably on the oddly robotic album low point \u201cIvory Towers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vocally, the band serves up typical indie-rock fare, but with a greater emphasis on harmonies than many of their peers. The singing is passable on its own, as in \u201cAsleep Awake,\u201d but things truly shine when the rest of the band chimes in to create a rich chorus. The lyrics aren\u2019t poor, but are rather dime-a-dozen.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re looking for some folk-tinged indie rock, you can do much worse than Elements.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Long Distance Runners Elements (Independent) 3\/5 Elements, the third album from Newfoundland rockers Long Distance Runners, blends folk, country, psychedelic, and classic rock sounds. The band delivers unique arrangements of guitar, bass, and percussion with synth and horns, creating a very eccentric sonic landscape. The punchy bass lines and shimmering guitar leads take centre stage: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,152],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-october-7-2015"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t