{"id":13663,"date":"2020-10-18T05:00:20","date_gmt":"2020-10-18T05:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=13663"},"modified":"2020-10-15T17:13:18","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T17:13:18","slug":"one-thousand-motels-2-out-of-sync-cleopatra-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=13663","title":{"rendered":"One Thousand Motels – \u20182% Out Of Sync\u2019 (Cleopatra Records)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I\u2019d heard recently that a certain Mr. Scabies was providing the drums for ex-Ant\/Wolfmen bassist and singer Chris Constantinou\u2019s new project. Having played The Wolfmen\u2019s albums to death previously, this was bound to be interesting.<\/p>\n

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It is a side-step in retro sounds, to these ears. Most musicians ape the 60s, but this is firmly in the \u201c90s take on psychedelia\u201d territory. Hang on! That\u2019s not as bad as it sounds. While Chris didn\u2019t play on Adam Ant\u2019s \u2018Wonderful\u2019 album from 1995, tracks like \u2018Beautiful Losers\u2019 and \u2018Definition\u2019 wouldn\u2019t sound out of place there. He\u2019s learnt something from the backing vocals, for sure. \u2018Rain\u2019 is woozy, psyche-pop, with the effortless basslines we\u2019d expect.<\/p>\n

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\u2018Kings X Guru\u2019 has Rat providing the groovy, Beatles rhythms. \u2018Andy\u2019s Wonder World\u2019, musically at least, reminds me of The Dowling Poole\u2019s more laid back moments. \u2018Kill Me If You Love Me\u2019 is more chorus friendly, while \u20182% Out\u2019 could see you frugging round the sofa with your maracas, man.<\/p>\n

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It certainly has a character, as an album, and Chris obviously knows what he wants. I\u2019d have liked a few more uptempo songs, but that isn\u2019t really what this is about. \u2018I Like Sex In The Suburbs\u2019 is what Liam G should be singing, and \u2018Gerry\u2019s Ashes\u2019 is reminiscent of \u2018Floodland\u2019 era Sisters. So, an interesting set of songs, if you\u2019re in a mellower mood.<\/p>\n

Buy 2% Out Of Sync’ Here<\/a><\/p>\n

Author: Martin Chamarette<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019d heard recently that a certain Mr. Scabies was providing the drums for ex-Ant\/Wolfmen bassist and singer Chris Constantinou\u2019s new project. Having played The Wolfmen\u2019s albums to death previously, this was bound to be interesting.   It is a side-step in retro sounds, to these ears. Most musicians ape the 60s, but this is firmly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13665,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5981,5979,964,1800,5980,4669],"class_list":["post-13663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-review","tag-2-out-of-sync","tag-chris-constantinou","tag-cleopatra-records","tag-martin-chamarette","tag-one-thousand-motels","tag-rat-scabies","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13663"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13666,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13663\/revisions\/13666"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}