{"id":812,"date":"2009-03-10T15:02:45","date_gmt":"2009-03-10T20:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hightwo.com\/ht\/?p=812"},"modified":"2009-03-10T15:02:45","modified_gmt":"2009-03-10T20:02:45","slug":"review-arc-and-sender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/review-arc-and-sender\/","title":{"rendered":"Review &#8211; Arc and Sender"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"user1_inner\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Author: <span class=\"user1_inner\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Phil  Freeman<br \/>\nSource: <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>The  Wire<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"> <span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Aug 2005<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><br \/>\nArc and Sender\u2019s louder tracks (and some of the quiet ones, like  \u201cSquares and Circles\u201d) owe quite a bit to Sonic Youth\u2019s  classic trilogy of Bad Moon Rising, Sister, and Evol. At the same time,  the mellower tracks, with their \u2018call and response\u2019, also  bear some reaces of hillbilly and folk found on the mid-80s albums by  The Meat Puppets. &#8230;The album peaks in the middle, with \u201cPreambulations\u201d,  featuring violinist Jennifer Hutt. Her stately drones contrast beautifully  with the guitarists\u2019 delicate plucking, and it\u2019s a shame they  leave her behind during the piece\u2019s rip-roaring middle section.  The last third of the track, a sea of disorienting, air-rippling drones  seems to bring her back, but with everything humming loudly, it\u2019s  hard to tell. Nevertheless, this single gorgeous epic makes the album  a must-hear. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Phil Freeman Source: The Wire Aug 2005 Arc and Sender\u2019s louder tracks (and some of the quiet ones, like [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_eb_attr":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[65,47,68,50,60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arc-and-sender","category-artists","category-ht004","category-releases","category-reviews"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":818,"url":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/review-arc-and-sender-4\/","url_meta":{"origin":812,"position":0},"title":"Review &#8211; Arc and Sender","author":"admin","date":"March 10, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Author: ? Source: KZSU Zookeeper Moments of post-rock, tech rock, moody darkness a la Sun O))) in these all instrumental compositions. 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