College rock \u2013 the reverential indie music of thirty somethings from their heyday \u2013 which, if not fully deceased, has taken drastic mutative forms resembling anything but its original incarnation. But in 28 Degree Taurus, the spirit of this music still lives on as if it was 1990 and MTV had a show called 120 Minutes hosted by Dave Kendall.<\/p>\n
The band\u2019s second full-length release, All The Stars In Your Eyes<\/i>, doesn\u2019t deviate a tiny bit from the \u201890s Boston college rock sound of their previous release, How Do You Like Your Love<\/i>. However, the band has mellowed out to a rather folky approach with this record. All The Stars<\/i> isn\u2019t as psychedelic. It has longing and romance in its heart, and astral ballads are what mostly define this disc. <\/p>\n
Jinsen Liu\u2019s trademark muted guitar notes form an ethereal backdrop for some of the band\u2019s most wistful and hopeful songs, with lyrics like \u201cGet in the car \/ We\u2019re gonna go for another one way ride \/ I know that you love me, that\u2019s all that matters \/ Out of sunrise if we could make it \u2018til morning then we could start a new life\u201d (\u201cSun Chaser\u201d), \u201cMaybe someday in a place far away we could start a new life and leave this far far behind\u201d (\u201cMidnight Heat\u201d), and \u201cThrough all of our ups and downs \/ We still made it through this time\u201d (\u201cSometime Anytime\u201d).<\/p>\n
The teenage chagrin that defined college rock is alive on this effort. But instead of discontent, there is hope and a yearning. Karina Dacosta\u2019s cooing, juvenile vocals sing of adolescent hopes and dreams with heartwarming romanticism.<\/p>\n
28 Degree Taurus embraces the whole poor college band image with pride and style. The griminess of the production compliments the scraggy alt sound that a sleeker approach might surely have ruined. The music in all respects is as special as indie rock was a generation ago, perfect for those still sentimentally attached to a different kind of music scene altogether.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":30387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[8375],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-42048","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-28-degrees-taurus","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42048","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\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=42048"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=42048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}