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Josh Dooley and company return with a mostly instrumental album. A few songs contain some vocals, but this album is mostly focused on Josh\u2019s guitar playing and song writing. And what a beautiful record that makes. The opening song \u201cAvalon\u201d is worth the price for the album alone. But MAP keeps the quality up for all 10 songs. This is one of those albums that I really hope gets a vinyl release.<\/p>\n
Stylistically, MAP falls somewhere in the same region as Starflyer 59. All of the songs contain subtle nods of many different styles, so pinning down any one is difficult. One thing is for sure \u2013 there are hooks every where you listen on this album. Dooley\u2019s sheer ability to write catchy hooks alone drives this album by before you even know it. Where as many instrumental albums get to the point of boredom with most songs all sounding the same, MAP keeps your interest going through every song at the same time they are creating a cohesive sound.<\/p>\n
The song titles almost make you wish there were some lyrics, though. With titles like \u201cHer Mom Wore St. John (All the Prozac in the World Couldn’t…)\u201d or \u201cSouvenirs From A Dead Empire\u201d or even \u201cKilling People On The Television\u201d (one of my favorite riffs on the album) \u2013 you can\u2019t help but wonder what was going through Dooley\u2019s head when writing these songs. Other than a few hints in some interviews here and there, I don\u2019t think we will ever know. But with songs this fun to listen to, you really don\u2019t care.<\/p>\n[2009 Velvet Blue Music | Purchase: VelvetBlueMusic.com<\/a>]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Josh Dooley and company return with a mostly instrumental album. A few songs contain some vocals, but this album is mostly focused on Josh\u2019s guitar playing and song writing. And what a beautiful record that makes. The opening song \u201cAvalon\u201d … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[8,24],"tags":[195,103],"class_list":["post-1269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-april-2010","category-music-review","tag-map","tag-velvet-blue-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/downthelinezine.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/downthelinezine.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/downthelinezine.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downthelinezine.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downthelinezine.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1269"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/downthelinezine.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1271,"href":"https:\/\/downthelinezine.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1269\/revisions\/1271"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downthelinezine.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/downthelinezine.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downthelinezine.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downthelinezine.com\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}