{"id":451,"date":"2007-02-21T11:39:13","date_gmt":"2007-02-21T10:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=451"},"modified":"2007-02-21T11:51:50","modified_gmt":"2007-02-21T10:51:50","slug":"forward-russia-dont-be-a-doctor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=451","title":{"rendered":"forward russia &#8211; dont be a doctor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>       <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">ok ok, i know that ain&#8217;t the right name for the  band, but i can&#8217;t be arsed with all that proper punctuation gubbins, and the  text parser of this blog will throw a hissy fit if i try to post something with  weird characters in the title.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">anyway, when this limited release dropped into the  pile i was amazed to see that the review copy comprised of the one track only,  as the band have normally added all manner of weird and twisted remixes into  their recent releases.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">then when you drop the cd in the machine you  realise what&#8217;s going on.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><EM>don&#8217;t be a doctor <\/EM>is the bands epic seven  and a half minute prog track with changing moods and rhythms being blown to  pieces left rights and centre, it&#8217;s a monstrous track and has apparently become  a centrepiece of the bands current live sets. <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">starting off all nice and mellow, building up the tension before  things are dropped into their usual brand of post punk funk with the  idiosyncratic vocals that can make some people of a nervous disposition run with  their hands over their ears.<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">the track is the first proper new track to see the  day of light that isn&#8217;t connected to their well received debut (other than the  paul tipler production), so provides an interesting insight into the direction  they may go for their highly anticipated follow up. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">also, there is a proper track title ! <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">what a bunch of sellouts.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">ha.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">however, for those made of sterner stuff this is  the sound of band flexing and experimenting with their angular centric style,  and the results are <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">a lot more interesting than  <STRONG>the view<\/STRONG> that&#8217;s ferrsure.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">recommended.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><EM>more detail<\/EM> : <A href=\"http:\/\/forwardrussia.com\/\">here<\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ok ok, i know that ain&#8217;t the right name for the band, but i can&#8217;t be arsed with all that proper punctuation gubbins, and the text parser of this blog will throw a hissy fit if i try to post something with weird characters in the title. anyway, when this limited release dropped into the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-singles-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}