{"id":40988,"date":"2008-07-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/cant-get-it-together\/"},"modified":"2008-07-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-04T00:00:00","slug":"cant-get-it-together","status":"publish","type":"review","link":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/cant-get-it-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Can&#8217;t Get It Together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">It\u2019s a pop record, but the K\u2019s aren\u2019t what you\u2019d call a pop band. There\u2019s complexity here in both the use of various instruments and multiple influences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">It\u2019s tough to be a roots-rock bar band from <st1:place><st1:city>Louisville<\/st1:city>,  <st1:state>Kentucky<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>; that\u2019s why lead singer\/songwriter Daniel Killian took his dreams to <st1:city><st1:place>New York City<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>. The sound retains its heart-of-America flavor on high-energy cuts like the opening title track and \u201c13 Steps,\u201d both of which thoroughly repeat the choruses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">This style becomes less repetitive and more hypnotic as <i>Can\u2019t Get It Together<\/i> breezes through its 15 songs in a scant 40 minutes. Tracks \u201cEliza Lynn,\u201d both the subtitled \u201cBar\u201d and \u201cSaloon\u201d versions, can stay in the <st1:city><st1:place>Louisville<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> taverns, though, along with a few other toss-aways.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The album is held together by the gratuitous use of horns, namely the sax, in scraggly harmony with Killian\u2019s vocals, which are consistently reminiscent of Minutemen front-man D. Boon\u2019s poetic growl, although the K\u2019s make a far less artsy mess than those <st1:place><st1:city>San   <st1:city>Pedro<\/st1:city><\/st1:city>, <st1:state>Calif.<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>, punk rockers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The spirit of the punk and grunge three-piece is clearly at work in each piece of this collection. However, this ten-member ensemble keeps a far duller edge more on par with Philly catch-all rockers Marah. That said, <i>Can\u2019t<\/i> isn\u2019t without highlights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The funky-ish \u201cGood Man (Most Of The Time)\u201d and honest strummer \u201cWe\u2019re Never Getting Out Of Here\u201d provide some apt counterweight to more forgettable compositions like \u201cPeg Legged Pirate\u201d and \u201cRubbintheBuddha.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The production is a step up from <i>Basement Tape<\/i>-raw, but a little too stiff for the energy that the K\u2019s bring. A little dirt on the recording console would breathe a little more life into this decent batch of songs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">All told, Killian\u2019s words and rhythms show plenty of potential that should mature &#8212; if not on tape, than in a club near you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":29413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[8232],"rating":[5614],"class_list":["post-40988","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-the-ks","rating-rating-c-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/40988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/40988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=40988"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=40988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}