{"id":12370,"date":"2015-07-28T17:16:08","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T16:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=12370"},"modified":"2015-07-28T17:16:08","modified_gmt":"2015-07-28T16:16:08","slug":"sheppard-let-me-down-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/07\/sheppard-let-me-down-easy\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheppard &#8211; &#8216;Let Me Down Easy&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12373\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/07\/sheppard-let-me-down-easy\/sheppard5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Sheppard5.png?fit=633%2C632&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"633,632\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Sheppard5\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Sheppard5.png?fit=633%2C632&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12373\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Sheppard5.png?resize=633%2C632&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sheppard5\" width=\"633\" height=\"632\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Geronimo&#8217; was always going to be a hard song to follow, but Australian band Sheppard think they&#8217;ve got the perfect track in &#8216;Let Me Down Easy&#8217;. And\u00a0they&#8217;re right! Echoing the South Pacific harmonies\u00a0of the Papua New Guinean childhood of the Sheppard siblings, the song is a feel good anthem with a catchy chorus, which is as brilliant on the album as it is performed live.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Let Me Down Easy&#8217; will be released on August 7 via Decca Records. It&#8217;s already been a number one in Australia, and should likewise do very well in the UK. The second release from their debut album, &#8216;Bombs Away&#8217;, it&#8217;s a fun song, guaranteed to lift up the most downturned of mouths. As guitarist Jay Bovino says,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Sheppard write songs for and about the downhearted.\u00a0There is always that\u00a0element of hope.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Find Sheppard online on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wearesheppard\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fwearesheppard%3Flang%3Den-gb&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNECGP7RShYy0f8yUps_ceT__D5EHQ\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/wearesheppard\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/wearesheppard\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, and on their <a href=\"http:\/\/wearesheppard.com\/geronimo\/\" target=\"_blank\">official website<\/a>. &#8216;Let Me Down Easy&#8217; is out on August 7.\u00a0&#8216;Bombs Away&#8217; is available now on <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/album\/bombs-away-deluxe-version\/id904594356\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Check out our interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/03\/we-talk-to-sheppard\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sheppard<\/a> when they were in the UK back in March!<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_21024\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/row0Jp0wlOE?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/essentiallypop.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;color=red&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"Sheppard - Let Me Down Easy (Official Music Video)\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/row0Jp0wlOE\/maxresdefault.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Geronimo&#8217; was always going to be a hard song to follow, but Australian band Sheppard think they&#8217;ve got the perfect track in &#8216;Let Me Down Easy&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":9688,"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":[73,718,844,719,2248,77,2249,716],"class_list":["post-12370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-releases","tag-australia","tag-bombs-away","tag-decca-records","tag-geronimo","tag-let-me-down-easy","tag-new-release","tag-papua-new-guinea","tag-sheppard"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-3dw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9299,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/02\/sheppard-announce-debut-album\/","url_meta":{"origin":12370,"position":0},"title":"Sheppard Announce Debut Album","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"24\/02\/2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Have you heard of Sheppard yet? 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