{"id":6297,"date":"2017-11-15T13:53:43","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T18:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=6297"},"modified":"2017-12-04T12:32:47","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T17:32:47","slug":"squeeze-the-knowledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/squeeze-the-knowledge\/","title":{"rendered":"Squeeze <br>The Knowledge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Squeeze-The-Knowledge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6299\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Squeeze-The-Knowledge.jpg\" alt=\"Squeeze, The Knowledge\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Squeeze-The-Knowledge.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Squeeze-The-Knowledge-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Throughout rock\u2019s history, there have been many great songwriting duos: Lennon and McCartney, Strummer and Jones, Morrissey and Marr, etc. Up there with the best of them, Squeeze\u2019s Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook have churned out many classic pop numbers. From singles like \u201cGoodbye Girl\u201d from their formative years to cuts like \u201cBlack Coffee in Bed\u201d and \u201cTempted\u201d that first brought them international acclaim to later hits like \u201cHourglass,\u201d the pair has produced a remarkable body of work. Even as the band has disbanded and reunited and members have come and go, there has been a consistently high level of songcraft inherent in the music they\u2019ve released, even if the execution hasn\u2019t always been on par.<\/p>\n<p>Only Squeeze\u2019s second album of new songs since regrouping in 2007 (they also released an album of rerecorded classics, <i>Spot the Difference<\/i>, in 2010), <i>The Knowledge<\/i> (Love Records) nevertheless bears many of the band\u2019s hallmarks: vocals harmonies, quirky lyrical narratives, and infectious pop hooks. It leads off strongly with the record\u2019s first single (whatever that means in these days of streaming), \u201cInnocence in Paradise,\u201d a moody number tinged with Western-flavored guitars that stands head and shoulders above the rest of the record. Indeed, the mildly pleasant lilting folk-pop number that follows, \u201cPatchouli,\u201d seems inconsequential by comparison, as does \u201cEvery Story.\u201d Squeezed between (no pun intended), though, \u201cA&amp;E\u201d comes off as classic Squeeze, with a melody reminiscent of past successes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRough Ride,\u201d a track about the unaffordability of London, stands out as an oddity, with a funk bassline and beat juxtaposed with bouts of operatic singing. It doesn\u2019t exactly work, but it\u2019s not as off-putting as it may read on paper. Better then is \u201cDeparture Lounge,\u201d a spacey slice of pysch-pop worthy of its name, and the closing \u201cTwo Forks,\u201d a sprightly number that recalls the Mekons at times. The latter track makes comment on Difford and Tilbrook\u2019s longstanding relationship, which has endured over many bumps in the road, no doubt largely a result of the magic that happens when they work together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Throughout rock\u2019s history, there have been many great songwriting duos: Lennon and McCartney, Strummer and Jones, Morrissey and Marr, etc. Up there with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"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":[34,2111,2110],"class_list":["post-6297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-album-review","tag-love-records","tag-squeeze"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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