On Belly\u2019s first album in 23 years, they basically pick up where they left off in 1995. Opening track \u201cMine\u201d is a throwback to classic Belly, great harmonies, melodic guitars and all. First single \u201cShiny One\u201d follows a similar suit, though the guitars are tuned up a bit more, which elevates the song into a cool \u201890s throwback crossed with a 21st century feel.<\/p>\n
\u201cFaceless\u201d has a great riff, and the harmonies of Gail Greenwood and Tanya Donnelly are as great as they\u2019ve ever been. It\u2019s definitely one of the highlights. On the other hand, \u201cSuffer The Fools\u201d feels like a bland track from one of Donnelly\u2019s mid-2000\u2019s solo records. However, all is not so bleak; the pedal steel on \u201cArtifact\u201d is quite surprising and really highlights the track, making it all the more memorable. Meanwhile, \u201cStars Align\u201d is a great slow rocker that adds to the album\u2019s general likability.<\/p>\n
Overall, though, it doesn\u2019t really feel like there is much here to excite today\u2019s listener, and if you\u2019re not into \u201890s nostalgia, you might not be a fan of this record. But if you\u2019ve always been a fan of this band or Tanya Donnelly in general, then you\u2019re going to love this record to death!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":33443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[10148],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-45261","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-belly","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45261","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\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45261"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=45261"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=45261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}