{"id":18892,"date":"2020-01-22T09:00:07","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T17:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=18892"},"modified":"2020-01-20T11:16:38","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T19:16:38","slug":"new-music-revue-bluebloods-trip-over-own-ambition-on-debut-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2020\/01\/22\/new-music-revue-bluebloods-trip-over-own-ambition-on-debut-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>New Music Revue<\/em>: Bluebloods trip over own ambition on debut EP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Bluebloods.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18893\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Bluebloods-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Bluebloods-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Bluebloods.png 700w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Bluebloods-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bluebloods<br \/>\n<i>Make It Rain<br \/>\n<\/i>(Independent)<br \/>\n1.5\/5<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s nearly impossible to pin down what Winnipeg\u2019s Bluebloods are attempting to accomplish on their debut EP. During <i>Make It Rain<\/i>\u2019s 20-minute runtime, the band delivers some daring genre blending but constantly trips over its own ambition.<\/p>\n<p>Led by guitarist Conrad Sweatman, Bluebloods primarily focus on the hardships of living in the Canadian prairies on this EP. The band pack in an impressive number of influences on <i>Make It Rain<\/i>, but the constant attempts to merge R&amp;B, jazz, EDM, and hip-hop become exhausting within minutes.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The title track opens the EP; it features Winnipeg vocalist Courtney Devon and begins with plenty of promise. The sombre piano-led instrumentation pairs well with Devon\u2019s vocal work and Sweatman\u2019s lyrics. Unfortunately, awkwardly timed kick drums and an unnecessary EDM-inspired transition squander the song\u2019s potential.<\/p>\n<p>The theme of misguided production choices continues on \u201cJabberwocky\u201d as Sweatman\u2019s brand of electro-pop clashes with a pointless sample of Snoop Dogg\u2019s \u201cGin and Juice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s obvious that Sweatman is an ambitious musician and <i>Make It Rain <\/i>deserves credit for its creativity, but its severe lack of direction makes it almost unlistenable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bluebloods Make It Rain (Independent) 1.5\/5\u00a0 It\u2019s nearly impossible to pin down what Winnipeg\u2019s Bluebloods are attempting to accomplish on their debut EP. During Make It Rain\u2019s 20-minute runtime, the band delivers some daring genre blending but constantly trips over its own ambition. Led by guitarist Conrad Sweatman, Bluebloods primarily focus on the hardships of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18893,"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":[4,246],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-january-22-2020"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18892","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=18892"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18894,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18892\/revisions\/18894"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}