{"id":397,"date":"2003-01-30T19:53:00","date_gmt":"2003-01-30T19:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/?p=397"},"modified":"2024-03-26T01:58:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T01:58:57","slug":"the-fugue-in-the-fog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/?p=397","title":{"rendered":"The Fugue in the Fog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A\/\/www.newsreview.com\/reno\/content\/the-fugue-in-the-fog\/19637\/&amp;media=https:\/\/www.newsreview.com\/media\/images\/articles\/featured\/2020\/07\/19637-01.jpeg&amp;description=Atavistic%20D.C.%20Moog%20revivalists%20the%20Apes,%20who%20visit%20our%20lovely%20burg%20Thursday,%20pump%20out%20a%20zoo-load%20of%20rawk%20on%20this%20disc.\"><\/a><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsreview.com\/media\/images\/articles\/featured\/2020\/07\/19637-01.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Apes know how to make the Moog keyboard work to their advantage. Under the direction of vocalist Paul Weil, this Washington, D.C., quartet plays a gritty, retro-influenced bastardization of rock \u2019n\u2019 roll, like the Liars and Brainiac reduced to their most primitive forms.&nbsp;<em>The Fugue in the Fog<\/em>&nbsp;should dispel any notion that the Apes\u2019 hometown hasn\u2019t produced more than one good band. Jeff Schmid\u2019s drums, coupled with Amanda Kleinman\u2019s colorful organ work, make for one hell of a sonic experience. As evidenced in \u201cMountain of Steel\u201d or \u201cLand Of Ruin,\u201d the Apes know how to create soundscapes without the addition of the electric guitar. Even fans of stoner metal, \u00e0 la Sleep or early Kyuss, will enjoy what the Apes bring to the table. A bunch of lower primates cashing in on rock music\u2019s new subculture? I think not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(RN&amp;R &amp; SN&amp;R)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Apes know how to make the Moog keyboard work to their advantage. Under the direction of vocalist Paul Weil, this Washington, D.C., quartet plays a gritty, retro-influenced bastardization of rock \u2019n\u2019 roll, like the Liars and Brainiac reduced to their most primitive forms.&nbsp;The Fugue in the Fog&nbsp;should dispel any notion that the Apes\u2019 hometown [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=397"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":588,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397\/revisions\/588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}