{"id":15080,"date":"2012-08-20T14:55:52","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T18:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=15080"},"modified":"2012-08-20T16:44:08","modified_gmt":"2012-08-20T20:44:08","slug":"ear-candy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/ear-candy\/","title":{"rendered":"Ear Candy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-15081\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php\/ear-candy\/ttyo-9\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15081\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/TTYO.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/TTYO.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/TTYO-300x279.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I had a <em>where have you lot been hiding <\/em>moment the first time I heard <strong>Comet Gain<\/strong>. I came late to the party, and I was astonished to discover a large back catalogue that touched on so many things: Britpop, The Go-Betweens, ? and The Mysterions, Godard and &#8217;60s British kitchen sink dramas, Mods, Orange Juice, Felt, Bikini Kill, Smash Hits, Northern Soul, the photography of Roger Mayne, hell, even the photo I use at the top of this column, came together and found a place to roost.<\/p>\n[audio:http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/14-Beatnik.mp3|titles=Beatnik]\n[audio:http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/07-Ripped-Up-Suit.mp3|titles=Ripped-Up Suit]\n<p>It\u2019s a literate, spirited, and reverent indie pop that these Londoners make. They tap into something where they sound, and the listener feels, unabashed about being a music geek, and the redemptive and exhilarating power of rock, style, and being smart.<\/p>\n[audio:http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/16-The-Ballad-of-a-Mix-Tape.mp3|titles=The Ballad of a Mix Tape]\n[audio:http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/11-Some-of-Us-Dont-Want-to-Be-Saved.mp3|titles=Some of Us Don&#8217;t Want to Be Saved]\n<p>What really comes through for me is the sense that this scrappy cult phenomenon are really psyched to be making records. They\u2019re an indie-pop confection, and the more you eat, the more you want, which is something everyone should love in their favorite bands.<\/p>\n[audio:http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/01-The-Kids-at-the-Club.mp3|titles=The Kids at the Club]\n[audio:http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/19-Germ-Of-Youth-Part-II.mp3|titles=Germ of Youth Part II]\n<p>Check &#8217;em:<\/p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L36PwFX6U8U?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had a where have you lot been hiding moment the first time I heard Comet Gain. I came late to the party, and I was astonished to discover a large back catalogue that touched on so many things: Britpop, The Go-Betweens, ? and The Mysterions, Godard and &#8217;60s British kitchen sink dramas, Mods, Orange <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/ear-candy\/' 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":[705,644],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15080"}],"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=15080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15080\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}