{"id":73018,"date":"2020-06-15T01:48:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T06:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/broadjamreviews.com\/?guid=bf05de4e32fe7cb2a4d438159685585b"},"modified":"2020-06-15T01:48:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T06:48:00","slug":"suicide-bomber-by-douglas-branson-aka-db1-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/broadjamreviews.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/15\/suicide-bomber-by-douglas-branson-aka-db1-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Suicide Bomber by Douglas Branson aka dB+1"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Douglas<\/p>\n

Broadjam Artist: <\/b>Douglas Branson aka dB+1<\/a>
Song: <\/b>Suicide Bomber<\/a><\/p>\n

Reviewer: <\/b>Earl Jenkins<\/a><\/p>\n

Positive Comments: <\/b>Took me a minute to get into it, but this song is pretty fun. Definite a good Pixies vibe, vocalizations remind me of They Might Be Giants, and the overall feel is definitely Alt\/Punk.Lyrically, this is clearly scathing rhetoric on the state of politics and foreign policy, picking at the undercurrents of the time it was written (early 2000s). I especially love the part near the end, with “suicide bomber” and “peace and love songs” playing against each other.Structurally, this song is full of surprises, but in that good garage-punk Pixies feel that keeps the listener interested. The solo section is right on, especially the second half.Oh, and I love the use of harmonies in this song. Right from the middle of the first part, they are tasty.I would definitely listen to this again.<\/p>\n

Constructive Comments: <\/b>Lyrically\/vocally, there were a few points where the cadence might be improved. I get that this is supposed to feel a bit “ranty”, but the best spoken word rants still presents a candence that leads the user on to the next phrase.The beginning felt a little “meh” to me — not a lot, but it was definitely the weakest part of the song. It kind of stands out, because by the end I was fully engaged, but the beginning didn’t grab me anywhere near as much.Oh, and one other thing: in the parts where you’re talk-singing (no melody), I’d add a bit more reverb. But that’s just me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Broadjam Artist: Douglas Branson aka dB+1Song: Suicide BomberReviewer: Earl JenkinsPositive Comments: Took me a minute to get into it, but this song is pretty fun. Definite a good Pixies vibe, vocalizations remind me of They Might Be Giants, and the ov…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/broadjamreviews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/broadjamreviews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/broadjamreviews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadjamreviews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadjamreviews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73018"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/broadjamreviews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73019,"href":"https:\/\/broadjamreviews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73018\/revisions\/73019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/broadjamreviews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadjamreviews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadjamreviews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}