{"id":959,"date":"2009-03-26T10:22:07","date_gmt":"2009-03-26T15:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hightwo.com\/ht\/?p=959"},"modified":"2009-03-26T10:22:07","modified_gmt":"2009-03-26T15:22:07","slug":"reviews-normal-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/reviews-normal-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Reviews &#8211; Normal Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Author: <span class=\"user1_inner\">Adam Webb-Orenstein<br \/>\nSource:<\/span><span class=\"user1_inner\"> Prefix Mag, Jan. 2008<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"user1_inner\"><br \/>\n&#8220;Normal Love\u2019s eponymous debut is a parade of frenzied dissonant passages abbreviated occasionally by briefly sustained blasts and a few passages of slower noodling. With this first offering, the band members demonstrate their prodigious virtuosity. 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