{"id":1214,"date":"2014-04-10T09:48:02","date_gmt":"2014-04-10T13:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=1214"},"modified":"2014-04-17T08:57:59","modified_gmt":"2014-04-17T12:57:59","slug":"the-men-tomorrows-hits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/the-men-tomorrows-hits\/","title":{"rendered":"The Men <br>Tomorrow\u2019s Hits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/the_men-tomorrows_hits.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1215\" alt=\"The Men, Tomorrow's Hits\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/the_men-tomorrows_hits.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/the_men-tomorrows_hits.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/the_men-tomorrows_hits-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>With <i>Tomorrow\u2019s Hits<\/i>, The Men\u2019s fourth album for the Sacred Bones label, the Brooklyn-based quintet has put together a fitting document of the fully realized, mature sound the band has built toward over the past five years. At times, the group, which originally grabbed attention for its noisy, forceful rock music, may have appeared unfocused as it alternately drifted toward classic rock and country-tinged hues. <i>Tomorrow\u2019s Hits <\/i>dispels any concerns that The Men were meandering.<\/p>\n<p>On this record, the band has fully embraced its influences and synthesized them into a sound that is unabashedly timeless. The album appropriately begins with \u201cDark Waltz.\u201d In a sense, the song is a statement of purpose for a rock band at this late date, a kind of contemporary take on \u201cJohnny B. Goode\u201d performed through a Springsteen\/Dylan prism with the electric rock riffing replaced with a post-millennial grizzled groove. <i>Tomorrow\u2019s Hits <\/i>notably features more complex arrangements than the band has used in the past. Songs like \u201cAnother Night\u201d might jar listeners familiar with the band with its piano tracks and horn sections, but rather than sound like forced overdubbing, this additional instrumentation adds depth to the brooding insistency of these tracks. Meanwhile, the rollicking roadhouse blues of \u201cPearly Gates\u201d serves as a highlight, with the band loosely flying across the sonic terrain like a dust storm moving at breakneck pace. The Men have reached new heights with <i>Tomorrow\u2019s Hits<\/i>, and it may be the band\u2019s first great record.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With <i>Tomorrow\u2019s Hits<\/i>, The Men\u2019s fourth album for the Sacred Bones label, the Brooklyn-based quintet has put together a fitting document of the fully<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":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_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[34,505,431],"class_list":["post-1214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-album-review","tag-sacred-bones","tag-the-men"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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