{"id":17462,"date":"2019-03-20T09:00:21","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T16:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=17462"},"modified":"2019-03-19T10:38:30","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T17:38:30","slug":"17462","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2019\/03\/20\/17462\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>New Music Revue<\/em>: Trampoline&#8217;s rock musical only halfway there"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Trampoline.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Trampoline-297x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Trampoline-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Trampoline.jpg 693w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Trampoline-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Trampoline-110x110.jpg 110w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Trampoline-300x303.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Trampoline-180x182.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Trampoline<br><em>Happy Crimes<\/em><br>(Independent)<br>2.5\/5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rock musical <em>Happy Crimes<\/em> from Winnipeg\u2019s Trampoline is an interesting and unfamiliar mix of music and storytelling that I really expected to enjoy more than I did. I love musicals; I love rock music; what\u2019s not to like?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For starters, the songs are not as melodic as a musical demands. The vocals are difficult to listen to due to the effects placed on them. Trampoline may have been trying to make the voices sound distant, alien, or ethereal, but this did not work for me. Instead of giving the music a magical effect, it sounds more like vocals sung inside an empty room. This sound does not permeate the entire album, but it was enough to immediately put me off.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I can see the appeal of <em>Happy Crimes<\/em> but I didn\u2019t connect to the music, and, as a result, I didn\u2019t follow the story. I like the concept of a rock musical and some may experience this differently than I did, so I wouldn\u2019t rule out giving this a listen. But, if you\u2019re like me and you require an instant connection to the content you consume, you\u2019re better off finding something else to enjoy.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TrampolineHappy Crimes(Independent)2.5\/5 The rock musical Happy Crimes from Winnipeg\u2019s Trampoline is an interesting and unfamiliar mix of music and storytelling that I really expected to enjoy more than I did. I love musicals; I love rock music; what\u2019s not to like?&nbsp; For starters, the songs are not as melodic as a musical demands. The vocals [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17463,"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":[4,229],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-march-20-2019"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17462"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17479,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17462\/revisions\/17479"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}