{"id":42098,"date":"2010-09-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/in-limbo-the-lost-puracane-sessions\/"},"modified":"2010-09-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-09-04T00:00:00","slug":"in-limbo-the-lost-puracane-sessions","status":"publish","type":"review","link":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/in-limbo-the-lost-puracane-sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"In Limbo: The Lost Puracane Sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the absence of David Biegel, Puracane lost the lone musician in the band as well as its composer and producer \u2013 in short, the musical voice of this duo. But singer Ali Rogers dauntlessly trudged along, not letting the band simply perish in defeat. The result of her solo endeavor is In Limbo: The Lost Puracane Sessions<\/i>, released six years after the band\u2019s debut Things You Should Leave Alone.<\/i> In a way, the name of the album might seem befitting for Rogers<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> and her struggle with a band with its musical half missing. On the contrary, In Limbo<\/i> is not an album that struggles. In fact, it is an admirable effort.<\/p>\n

An outcome of Rogers\u2019 collaborations with a variety of musicians, In Limbo<\/i> is a hodgepodge, but Rogers appears to have a good control over what goes on in it. There is though, a palpable \u2013 if not strong \u2013 change in the direction of the music. Unlike the debut, this one doesn\u2019t obsess over a wannabe trip-hop sound. On the whole, this album has a laidback pop mood, and although not as intense, conveys more originality than its predecessor; even the more trip-hop leaning tracks, \u201c7 Seconds\u201d and \u201cSand,\u201d have a different approach than the trip-hop of the previous disc.<\/p>\n

There is a new sense of playfulness in Rogers<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>\u2019 voice, which is far more animated and interesting on this endeavor than the previous one. The contrastingly different singing styles on \u201cWarzone\u201d are a great example of Rogers\u2019 newfound vocal sparkle. Also, as opposed to relying solely on programmed sounds of the keyboards, Rogers takes chances with live instruments on this record, not only adding a new dimension to the electronic sound of this album but also showing confidence as a solo artist.<\/p>\n

Rogers<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> has allowed pop-inspired simplicity to dominate the environment of this record; melodious songs with beckoning choruses rule the day on In Limbo<\/i>. Out-of-the world brilliant tracks like \u201cDogs\u201d and \u201cHAL 9000,\u201d and just simply great ones like \u201cSecrets\u201d and \u201cDigging Too Deep\u201d are simple, instantly pleasing, and do not come with any baggage of eccentricity. By the same token, Rogers sings freer and more expressively, and she sounds lovely singing these tuneful numbers. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Along with the positives of this disc of different approaches, there are some negatives, too. While Things You Should\u2026<\/i> had a monolithic sound, it was also tight. In Limbo<\/i>, on the other hand, with its assortments, also comes with flabby numbers that are weak and lifeless, like \u201cAll In Good Time,\u201d \u201cEverything,\u201d \u201cWar Is Over,\u201d and \u201cAnother Boy.\u201d With a running time of 72 minutes, In Limbo<\/i> needs to shed some serious weight.<\/p>\n

Puracane is no better or worse as a one-woman project than as a duo. However, it certainly has become more interesting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":30435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[8486],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-42098","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-puracane","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42098","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=42098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=42098"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=42098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}