{"id":20576,"date":"2021-02-05T11:59:25","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T19:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=20576"},"modified":"2021-02-05T11:59:25","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T19:59:25","slug":"new-music-revue-the-pirouettes-keep-us-grooving-reflecting-with-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2021\/02\/05\/new-music-revue-the-pirouettes-keep-us-grooving-reflecting-with-new-album\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>New Music Revue<\/em>: The Pirouettes keep us grooving, reflecting with new album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/3791fb43-0df6-4eb3-8aed-25ee70cee14c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-20577 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/3791fb43-0df6-4eb3-8aed-25ee70cee14c-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/3791fb43-0df6-4eb3-8aed-25ee70cee14c-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/3791fb43-0df6-4eb3-8aed-25ee70cee14c.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/3791fb43-0df6-4eb3-8aed-25ee70cee14c-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Pirouettes<br \/>\n<em>Equilibre<br \/>\n<\/em>(Kidderminster Records)<br \/>\n4.5\/5<\/p>\n<p><em>Equilibre<\/em>, the third full-length from French electronic-pop duo The Pirouettes, is an upbeat, calming, and invigorating double album\u2014two records that mix the two members\u2019 points of view\u2014that that had me groovin\u2019<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Leading off this album is \u201cAllo,\u201d a slow number perfect for what I was doing the first time I spun it: making lunch on a rainy day. The song immediately made me groove with the beat, forget the stressors of the day, and want some more of this hip and modern band. With a definite nod to some \u201970s retro-wave pop, the album is a fresh take on electronic pop in 2021. The mix was one thing that stood out throughout this album: in \u201cAllo,\u201d incoming and outgoing notification sounds had me checking my phone more than once, but they\u2019re blended into the music really well.<\/p>\n<p>Songs like the title track and \u201cComment \u00e7a fait\u201d serve as a showcase for a wide vocal range, proving that a good voice never goes unnoticed. This multi-layered album proves that even if lyrics are sung in a language you don\u2019t speak, good music has plenty to offer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pirouettes Equilibre (Kidderminster Records) 4.5\/5 Equilibre, the third full-length from French electronic-pop duo The Pirouettes, is an upbeat, calming, and invigorating double album\u2014two records that mix the two members\u2019 points of view\u2014that that had me groovin\u2019. Leading off this album is \u201cAllo,\u201d a slow number perfect for what I was doing the first time [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20577,"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":[4,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-webexclusive"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20576","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=20576"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20579,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20576\/revisions\/20579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}