{"id":10067,"date":"2014-02-27T06:11:56","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T06:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com.php72-4.lan3-1.websitetestlink.com\/uncategorized\/cdfuriousiv_c_train\/"},"modified":"2014-02-27T06:11:56","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T06:11:56","slug":"cdfuriousiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/music\/cdfuriousiv\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Furious IV"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/furi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22676\" src=\"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/furi.jpg\" alt=\"furi\" width=\"300\" height=\"299\" title=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\nFurious IV<br \/>\n&#8220;&#8230;is that you?&#8221;<br \/>\n(Pointed Finger Records)<\/h4>\n<p>Furious IV is a three-piece band from Southern California. \u00a0They practice a revved-up poppish punk style that&#8217;s roughly comparable to, say, Fenix*TX, but occasionally hints at Green Day&#8217;s early days due to the prominent basslines laid down by Chachi Garza. \u00a0There are a few complaints to be submitted about &#8220;&#8230;is that you?&#8221; \u00a0Guitarist and singer Ian Flannon&#8217;s growling tones can get a little redundant, and his lyrics are occasionally lacking. \u00a0Take &#8220;Put It Down,&#8221; a song about a failed relationship, which begins with Flannon emoting, &#8220;I was given a gift \/ I know I didn&#8217;t deserve one \/ like a little boy on Christmas morning \/ I ripped it open.&#8221; \u00a0Boy. \u00a0Taken in the context of the whole album, though, these gripes fade away a bit, and don&#8217;t steal any shine from tight songs like &#8220;Count Me Out,&#8221; &#8220;Threw The Teeth,&#8221; and &#8220;Reno.&#8221; \u00a0While Furious IV is a band that may lack elementary counting skills, they make up for it with general musical goodness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Furious IV &#8220;&#8230;is that you?&#8221; (Pointed Finger Records) Furious IV is a three-piece band from Southern California. \u00a0They practice a revved-up poppish punk style that&#8217;s roughly comparable to, say, Fenix*TX, but occasionally hints at Green Day&#8217;s early days due to the prominent basslines laid down by Chachi Garza. \u00a0There are a few complaints to be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22676,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,18],"tags":[2797,3600,5615],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10067"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}