{"id":14542,"date":"2012-07-17T06:00:38","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T10:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=14542"},"modified":"2012-07-17T16:07:24","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T20:07:24","slug":"an-approachable-and-earthy-perfume-with-a-sassy-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/an-approachable-and-earthy-perfume-with-a-sassy-finish\/","title":{"rendered":"An Approachable and Earthy Perfume With a Sassy Finish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-14543\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php\/an-approachable-and-earthy-perfume-with-a-sassy-finish\/ttyo-7\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14543\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/TTYO1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/TTYO1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/TTYO1-300x279.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Whenever I listen to <strong>Dungen<\/strong>, I get caught up in a heady swirl of the senses. To listen to this Swedish band is to encounter and conjure dozens of reference points at once, and I find myself calling forth descriptors.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8217;60s prog-psychedelia awash here is an experience not unlike wine tasting, and all the pretentious verbosity that goes into indentifying aromas and flavors.<\/p>\n[audio:http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/2-05-Badsang.mp3|titles=Dungen: Badsang]\n[audio:http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/1-11-Om-Du-Vore-En-Vakthund.mp3|titles=Dungen: Om Du Vore En Vakthund]\n<p>For instance, with their <strong>Ta Det Lugnt: <\/strong><em>Opulent Kieth Moon drums combine with rich, almost Japanese-flavored vocals, presenting forward Band On The Run-era Wings, and finishing with hints of Coltrane and Brubeck<\/em>.<\/p>\n[audio:http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/1-06-Det-Du-T%C3%A4nker-Idag-%C3%84r-Du-I-Morgon.mp3|titles=Dungen: Det Du T\u00e4nker Idag \u00c4r Du I Morgon]\n[audio:http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/07-S\u00e5-Blev-Det-Best\u00e4mt.mp3|titles=Dungen: S\u00e5 Blev Det Best\u00e4mt]\n<p>Another one of their pieces <em>opens with a bouquet of patchouli-scented guitar, Bill Evans piano, Mike Oldfield and hints of Metallica and notes of David Gilmour.<\/em><\/p>\n[audio:http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/06-Fredag.mp3|titles=Dungen: Fredag]\n[audio:http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/02-Familj.mp3|titles=Dungen: Familj]\n<p>Have a try yourself! What do you hear?<\/p>\n<p>(This game can also be played with The Men, Comets on Fire, and Tame Impala.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whenever I listen to Dungen, I get caught up in a heady swirl of the senses. To listen to this Swedish band is to encounter and conjure dozens of reference points at once, and I find myself calling forth descriptors. The &#8217;60s prog-psychedelia awash here is an experience not unlike wine tasting, and all the <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/an-approachable-and-earthy-perfume-with-a-sassy-finish\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2340,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[342],"tags":[312,683,644],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14542"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2340"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14542\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}