{"id":17185,"date":"2017-08-04T01:00:39","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T05:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/?p=17185"},"modified":"2022-01-06T19:49:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T00:49:49","slug":"album-review-old-james-speak-volumes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/?p=17185","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Old James &#8211; Speak Volumes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Old James \u2013 Speak Volumes<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Release Date:<\/strong> August 25, 2017<\/p>\n<p>Towards the end of 2016, my good friend\/contributor Taylor put a really exciting band on my radar. After telling me numerous times how much she loved this Canadian trio called Old James I finally caved in and right off the bat I was floored by their 2014 self-titled EP. Old James finally delivered the goods in a huge way in 2017 with the release of their debut full-length album, Speak Volumes and this album more than lives up to its title.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pVFtCU5bX_k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Kicking things off with \u201cDon\u2019t Put it On Me\u201d was a great move because this song is everything that is great about hard rock music. It\u2019s gritty, it\u2019s groovy, and the voice of singer\/bassist Brian Stephenson is the thing that makes a great rock n\u2019 roll front man. Stephenson\u2019s attitude and emotion come through loud and clear with his expressive, soulful, and natural voice. \u201cWords as Weapons\u201d is without a doubt a shining moment for him but to pick just one \u201cshining moment\u201d on this album that outshines the other is damn near impossible. \u201cMaster Imploder\u201d was a real facemelter sounding like the bastard child of Van Halen and the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the closing title track left me wanting more and then going in for another round.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes it\u2019s hard to put to words just how fucking great a band is. Old James is one of those bands that you just have to hear to believe. It\u2019s not hard music to get into. It\u2019s chockfull of melody, great vocals, groove, and stratospheric guitar playing. Old James is the real fucking deal and if Speak Volumes is any indication of what lies ahead, Old James is going to have a long, fruitful, and kick ass life. Bring it on, Old James\u2026 bring it on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Old James \u2013 Speak Volumes Release Date: August 25, 2017 Towards the end of 2016, my good friend\/contributor Taylor put a really exciting band on my radar. After telling me numerous times how much she loved this Canadian trio called Old James I finally caved in and right off the bat I was floored by their 2014 self-titled EP. Old James finally delivered the goods in a huge way in 2017 with the release of their debut full-length album, Speak [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,277],"tags":[1711],"class_list":["post-17185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-reviews","category-music-news","tag-old-james"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17185"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19661,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17185\/revisions\/19661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}