{"id":1489,"date":"2019-12-03T09:01:26","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T15:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecoldstares.com\/?p=1489"},"modified":"2019-12-03T09:01:28","modified_gmt":"2019-12-03T15:01:28","slug":"the-cold-stares-are-back-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecoldstares.com\/?p=1489","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Cold Stares are back!&#8221; &#8211; Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> The duo of vocalist\/guitarist Chris Tapp and drummer Brian Mullins,  under the name The Cold Stares, isn\u2019t your everyday indie act. The pair  commands national recognition thanks to their cracking blend of rock and  blues. The mix they bring to these time-tested forms balances the  fundamentals giving each style its enduring appeal while delivering  music that sounds fresh rather than retrofitted for modern audiences.  Their latest studio release\u00a0<em>Ways\u00a0<\/em>packs a hard-nosed wallop over  the course of thirteen songs and likewise shows the continued growth of  their songwriting within a familiar frame. I think The Cold Stares are  far more than a throwback act; this collection has relevance rather than  reveling in a dimming past and they fill each performance with edgy  urgency. <\/p><cite>Mark Druery &#8211; Indieshark Music Magazine<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read the full review here &#8211;> <a href=\"https:\/\/indieshark.com\/awards\/pick-of-the-week\/the-cold-stares-are-back\/\">https:\/\/indieshark.com\/awards\/pick-of-the-week\/the-cold-stares-are-back\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The duo of vocalist\/guitarist Chris Tapp and drummer Brian Mullins, under the name The Cold Stares, isn\u2019t your everyday indie act. The pair commands national recognition thanks to their cracking blend of rock and blues. The mix they bring to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecoldstares.com\/?p=1489\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1001002,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[127,130,219,96,79,354,369,119,115,84,69,239],"class_list":["post-1489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-acousticblues","tag-albumreview","tag-bluesrock","tag-brianmullins","tag-christapp","tag-hardrock","tag-heavyblues","tag-musicreview","tag-review","tag-southerngothic","tag-thecoldstares","tag-ways"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecoldstares.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecoldstares.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecoldstares.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecoldstares.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1001002"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecoldstares.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1489"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecoldstares.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1490,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecoldstares.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1489\/revisions\/1490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecoldstares.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecoldstares.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecoldstares.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}