{"id":6566,"date":"2016-01-05T12:00:29","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T12:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-mr-shiraz-21-grams-ep\/"},"modified":"2023-05-26T13:40:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T12:40:13","slug":"review-mr-shiraz-21-grams-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-mr-shiraz-21-grams-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Mr Shiraz &#8211; 21 Grams EP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/66b3438ff7a22b884a3b5bd530604a10\/tumblr_nzpmio2d171r8no6so1_540.jpg\" alt=\"Mr Shiraz \u2013 21 Grams\" width=\"250em\" title=\"\">Don\u2019t be fooled by the public image of <b>Mr Shiraz<\/b> &#8211; yes they like a laugh and are as interested in comedy as they are music, but the six tracks that make up <i>\u201921 Grams\u2019<\/i> are seriously good. Packed with references to cinema from the \u201880s and \u201890s, the title track sharing the name of a hard-hitting Sean Penn film, Mickey Shiraz recognizes the importance of popular culture in a person\u2019s development and goes out of his way to reference it in the hot rocking tracks on offer here.<\/p>\n<p>The medium-paced hard punky pop of <i>\u201821 Grams\u2019<\/i> opens things up with a bluesy riff and a hooky shout-along chorus; cool track. <i>&#8216;Bill and Ted\u2019<\/i> is a little punkier, thrashing about with some great interplay between the guitars, as they work a number of different riffs into its excellent adventure.<!-- more --><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a nice variety to their tunes, <i>&#8216;Breakfast Club\u2019<\/i> having a bouncy bass groove and rough edged vocals, while <i>&#8216;Gleaming The Cube\u2019<\/i> sounds different; it\u2019s less punky, but more intense as they rock the hook to the finish. <i>&#8216;Cusack\u2019<\/i> meanwhile, has an urgent up-tempo sound, including a little saxophone and a coolly done tempo change, before a gradually intensifying end section. The final track, with the wonderful title of <i>&#8216;Nobody Puts Swayze in the Corner\u2019<\/i>, is a frantic rocker and rounds things off nicely.<\/p>\n<p>All told, this is a great little record, with some great tunes and a cool punk groove; well worth checking out.<\/p>\n<p>4\/5<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: 21 Grams\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/3dC69n0rezK6fYRUwBnNTQ?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8217;21 Grams\u2019<\/em> EP by <strong>Mr Shiraz<\/strong> is out now on <strong>Wooderson Records<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mr Shiraz<\/strong> links: <a href=\"https:\/\/mrshiraz.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bandcamp<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/mrshiraz667\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrshiraz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Edward Layland (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EdwardLayland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@EdwardLayland<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t be fooled by the public image of Mr Shiraz &#8211; yes they like a laugh and are as interested in comedy as they are music, but the six tracks that make up \u201921 Grams\u2019 are seriously good. 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