{"id":9684,"date":"2023-07-11T12:49:42","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T11:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=9684"},"modified":"2023-07-14T16:55:36","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T15:55:36","slug":"music-vulfmon-vulfnik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=9684","title":{"rendered":"MUSiC: Vulfmon, Vulfnik"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vls7pMmWCLA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"155\" height=\"30\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/stars_10_five-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9685\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/stars_10_five-2.jpg 155w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/stars_10_five-2-150x30.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 155px) 100vw, 155px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Vulfmon has, so far\/as far as I know, been an altar-ego for Vulfpeck\u2019s Jack Stratton for quite some time. Often, or so it\u2019s seemed to me, for slightly more goofy or experimental stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is &#8211; correct me if I\u2019m wrong &#8211; his first mini-LP length offering of stuff under that nom-de-plume. A collection of tracks raving from totally solo stuff, to collaborations with numerous other folk. Some of these collaborators I\u2019ve see and heard him work with before (Antwaun Stanley, Jakob Jeffries), others I didn\u2019t recognise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vulfmon\/Stratton also collaborates here with video makers: there\u2019s the very light\/lite or cute\/sweet dance competition storyline of \u2018UCLA\u2019, and then the much darker but incredibly beautiful \u2018Blue\u2019. The whole Stratton\/Vulf universe has always had a very powerful unified visual aesthetic. It\u2019s amazing how even in collaboration, and as diverse as this set is, that aesthetic unity, the string flavour, is preserved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s even a \u2018dance remix\u2019 style re-working of The Stratton\/Jeffries How Much Do You Love Me? Normally I can\u2019t stand this sort of schtick. But they pull it off, with the help of a goofy video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s not easy for me to admit &#8211; who likes to be the aloof lone wolf, up on my lonely crag, howling at the world &#8211; but I\u2019m a fan! There\u2019s very little Jack does that I don\u2019t really love. Indeed, although I don\u2019t like to concur with \u2026 et, um\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The spoken word piece &#8211; \u2018James Jameson used 1 finger\u2019 &#8211; is brilliant. Poetry, philosophy, aesthetics, motivation. And the way he frames himself as a tousle-haired  squinting, side-burned Vulfnik guru, with tiny mic and gorgeous if uncomprehending female acolyte? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s a simultaneous density and richness that makes for a piquant contrast with the otherwise oft-Spartan low-volume thing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only track I\u2019m less sold on is \u2018Harry\u2019s Theme (Lite Pullman)\u2019. But even then, it is at least interesting. Vulfmon and co cover an astonishing range of territory here, from the gospel-soused cover, \u2018The Lord Will Find A Way\u2019, to \u2018I Can\u2019t Party\u2019 or \u2018Bonnie Wait, to the funk of \u2018Harpejji\u2019, the deeply introspective \u2018Blue\u2019 to the effervescent \u2018Nice To You\u2019 or <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vulfmon has, so far\/as far as I know, been an altar-ego for Vulfpeck\u2019s Jack Stratton for quite some time. Often, or so it\u2019s seemed to me, for slightly more goofy or experimental stuff. This is &#8211; correct me if I\u2019m wrong &#8211; his first mini-LP length offering of stuff under that nom-de-plume. A collection of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=9684\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;MUSiC: Vulfmon, Vulfnik&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paGwUa-2wc","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9684"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9684"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9689,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9684\/revisions\/9689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}