{"id":1078,"date":"2016-11-02T06:00:56","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T10:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/?p=1078"},"modified":"2016-11-08T22:38:06","modified_gmt":"2016-11-09T03:38:06","slug":"eye-out-for-the-middle-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/2016\/11\/02\/eye-out-for-the-middle-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming Up: Middle Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sydney-based trio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/middlekidsmusic\/\" target=\"_blank\">Middle Kids<\/a> won\u2019t release their debut six-song EP until early 2017, but they\u2019ve given us a hint at what they\u2019ll sound like with their first two singles. They released \u201cEdge of Town\u201d in May, and this official video for \u201cYour Love\u201d yesterday. It\u2019s got a great, poppy bounce and an endearingly modest refrain, \u201cSometimes I want to give up on this love but then I hear you call.\u201d This is the kind of song that makes you stop, take a deep breath, and tap your foot for a while.   <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3d5IIgGucaw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This band really has a knack for refrains. What I like best about the first single, \u201cEdge of Town,\u201d is how they turn the phrase around in the last minute as the tempo speeds up, from the easy offer of relief, \u201cHey, guy, have you got something on your mind?\/Tick, tock, could I take it for a while?\u201d to the more urgent, \u201cHey, guys, I\u2019ve got something on my mind\/Tick, tock, could you take it for a while?\u201d There\u2019s an emotional shift there, a breakdown from trying to help to losing yourself and trying to withdraw. With so much ugliness trying to seep into everyone\u2019s souls, it seems you\u2019re always the former or the latter, depending on the day.  <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cFWqLLaMOFs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The band is slated to release their self-titled EP early in 2017, and have some US dates lined up around that time, with more dates to be added. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sydney-based trio Middle Kids won\u2019t release their debut six-song EP until early 2017, but they\u2019ve given us a hint at what they\u2019ll sound&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7,1],"tags":[769,768],"class_list":["post-1078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-uncategorized","tag-eye-out-for","tag-middle-kids"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/MiddleKids_DruMaasepp.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7lGwW-ho","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1078"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1116,"href":"http:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078\/revisions\/1116"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}