{"id":10798,"date":"2015-05-11T13:10:37","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T12:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=10798"},"modified":"2015-05-16T13:31:54","modified_gmt":"2015-05-16T12:31:54","slug":"the-hardkiss-ft-kazaky-are-making-strange-moves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/05\/the-hardkiss-ft-kazaky-are-making-strange-moves\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hardkiss Ft Kazaky are making &#8216;Strange Moves&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/05\/img_4342.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/05\/img_4342.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Hardkiss are a progressive pop band from the Ukraine,\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);\">where they are proving very popular, having been awarded\u00a0Best Album\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);\">Best Single<\/span><strong style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);\">\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);\">at the National Yuna Awards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);\">They were also the &#8220;voice and face&#8221; of the PEPSI TM in Ukraine, and have been nominated for an international MTV EMA award for best Ukrainian act.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);\">Proud of their independence, all their songs are written and produced in house, along with their slick music videos. They take their musical influences from such diverse sources, as\u00a0Rita Ora and Paramore, and are currently finding great success on the European festival scene.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);\">The Hardkiss are now about to take the UK by storm, as they prepare to release their new single, \u00a0\u2018Strange Moves\u2019, in which they collaborate with\u00a0Ukrainian-based synthpop boyband\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kazaky.com\">Kazaky<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);\">&#8216;Strange Moves&#8217; is due for release in the UK on June 8th, \u00a0accompanied by a sharp, well thought out video, and has all the ingredients to be a huge summer hit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For further information about The Hardkiss visit their\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehardkiss.com\">Official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Strange Moves&#8217; by\u00a0The Hardkiss ft Kazaky is due for release on 8th June.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ny8vYpwBnmo?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 allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hardkiss are progressive pop band, from the Ukraine, where they are proving very popular, having been awarded Best Album and Best Single at the National Yuna Awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10800,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[1428,1426,77,1427,1424,1429,1425],"class_list":["post-10798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-releases","tag-kazaky","tag-kiev","tag-new-release","tag-strange-moves","tag-the-hardkiss","tag-the-hardkiss-ft-kazaky","tag-the-ukraine"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-2Oa","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20700,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/06\/the-erised-to-release-album-room-414\/","url_meta":{"origin":10798,"position":0},"title":"The Erised To Release Album, \u2018Room 414\u2019","author":"Laurabeth Evans","date":"02\/06\/2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Five-piece Ukraine band, The Erised, are set to release their upcoming album, \u2018Room 414\u2019 June 3rd.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Artists&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Artists","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/new-artists\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/The-Erised-1.jpeg?fit=856%2C856&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/The-Erised-1.jpeg?fit=856%2C856&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/The-Erised-1.jpeg?fit=856%2C856&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/The-Erised-1.jpeg?fit=856%2C856&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":74791,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2022\/04\/new-order-british-red-cross-ukraine-crisis-appeal\/","url_meta":{"origin":10798,"position":1},"title":"New Order &#8211; 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