Word: understatedness
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Occasionally, a track on the album shows some force. A danceable beat gives "Bonfires Burning" a welcome sense of freedom, and the harmonica on "Autonomous" works. On the title track, a thick texture and understated vocal style create a quiet intensity which the rest of the album never quite achieves...
The problem the Junkies have always had is their mono-emotional register. Singer Margo Timmins always had the wistful days-of-myths-gone-by attitude down, and guitarist (and songwriter) brother Michael had that understated-but-electric guitar sound to match.
The stage perhaps takes understated symbolism just a little too far. Props, costumes, walls--everything is white, the white of outmoded Edwardian prudery. An iron lattice like the bars of a cage, also white, forms a backdrop. By providing so much evidence of the family's obsession with respectability, the...
While the Crimson linemen haven't yet come up with a collective name, like Dartmouth's line ("Vanilla Thunder"), their collective effort cannot be understated.
Obviously, Giardi's importance to Harvard--offensively and defensively--cannot be understated. Coach Joe Restic tagged his team's post-Giardi performance a "turnaround complete."