Word: earnest
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...Tiny Spark” greets with random electronica samples from the mid-1980s, but then rolls over into an upbeat, self-confessing rocker that is quintessential road music. Instead of upping the ante, Benson then moves down a gear into “Metarie,” a frankly earnest ballad about the first, halting steps of a burgeoning relationship. Folky guitars, ascending chromatic tones and backing-singer Emma J’s plaintive voice lend the track a haunting, ethereal quality, but for want of a female vocalist, “Metarie” unfortunately didn?...
...long stream of white noise that ends the album ever so gradually. Raucous hardcore punk (“I Hate Hate”) sits comfortably beside twee synth-pop (“Brazil”), proving that all sounds are indeed created equal. Point is as much an earnest exploration of texture and timbre, of music’s capacity to caress and disorientate, as it is a collection of bright melodies and jaunty rhythms...
...Supreme Court has suggested that assisted suicide is a matter for the states and has written that “Throughout the nation, Americans are engaged in an earnest and profound debate about the morality, legality, and practicality of physician assisted suicide. Our holding permits this debate to continue, as it should in a democratic society...
...cool attitude and reckless nonchalance is integral to the sport's ethos. In Nagano snowboarders were the cutups of the earnest Olympic set, cracking jokes and busting up hotel lobbies (one was tossed out of the Games for damaging a hotel switchboard while playing soccer with a beer...
Exactly a month ago, amid much fanfare, the Euro was launched in earnest. Although the exchange rates of the 13 participating countries had been permanently pegged together the previous year, it took the introduction of standardized notes and coins to demonstrate the magnitude of the shift to a single European currency. Firework displays and the release of thousands of blue and gold balloons across the continent heralded the dawn of a new era for Europe...