{"id":986,"date":"2009-03-26T10:51:34","date_gmt":"2009-03-26T15:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hightwo.com\/ht\/?p=986"},"modified":"2009-03-26T10:51:34","modified_gmt":"2009-03-26T15:51:34","slug":"reviews-public-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/reviews-public-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Reviews – Public Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

Author: Jason Ferguson
\nSource: Reax May 2008<\/span><\/p>\n

“Public Record is a messy, funky and wide-ranging party band.Weaving afrobeat, dub, indie rock, spazzy post-punk, chunks of driving soul and an atmospheric jazziness into their sound, the instrumental sextet is hellbent on defying any strictures of genre expectation. And they certainly succeed… Public Record is as much about sonic bravery as it is about sweaty fun.” <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Author: Jason Ferguson Source: Reax May 2008 “Public Record is a messy, funky and wide-ranging party band.Weaving afrobeat, dub, indie […]<\/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":[47,87,59,50,60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artists","category-ht017","category-make-a-rising","category-releases","category-reviews"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1004,"url":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/reviews-public-record-5\/","url_meta":{"origin":986,"position":0},"title":"Reviews – Public Record","author":"admin","date":"March 26, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Author: Martin Brown Source: uwishunu.com Link to this article For their debut, self-titled release on Philadelphia based label High Two, Public Record seamlessly fuses everything from Afro-beat to Scottish Postcard pop without pressure or pretension. Public Record started in 2001 as a recording project between guitarist Gareth Duffield and bassist\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Artists"","block_context":{"text":"Artists","link":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/category\/artists\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":997,"url":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/reviews-public-record-4\/","url_meta":{"origin":986,"position":1},"title":"Reviews – Public Record","author":"admin","date":"March 26, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Author: Maggie Serota Source: Washington City Paper April 9, 2008 Link to this article Many bands that number more than six members have a tendency to create soundscapes that border on excessive. 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Refreshingly all-instrumental with guitars, keyboards, bass, alto sax, and two excellent drummers these guys stir up a truly joyful noise that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Artists"","block_context":{"text":"Artists","link":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/category\/artists\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1001,"url":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/1001-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":986,"position":4},"title":"Reviews – Public Record","author":"admin","date":"March 26, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Author: Royce Epstein Source: Philly Girl About Town Link to this article Public Record is indeed, for the record, from our fair city of Philadelphia.\u00a0 They are a seven piece that lays on the rhythms without any vocals.\u00a0 The band is a smorgasbord of sounds - Funk, Northern Soul, Shoegaze,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Artists"","block_context":{"text":"Artists","link":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/category\/artists\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":521,"url":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/public-record-st\/","url_meta":{"origin":986,"position":5},"title":"Public Record- s\/t","author":"admin","date":"April 12, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Public Record Public Record 2008 Cd, Mp3 Download","rel":"","context":"In "Artists"","block_context":{"text":"Artists","link":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/category\/artists\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Public Record - s\/t","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hightwo.net\/two\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/ht017-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}