{"id":12552,"date":"2015-08-03T14:25:29","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T13:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=12552"},"modified":"2015-08-03T14:25:29","modified_gmt":"2015-08-03T13:25:29","slug":"black-thistles-nobodys-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/08\/black-thistles-nobodys-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Thistles &#8211; &#8216;Nobody&#8217;s Special&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/08\/img_5407.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/08\/img_5407.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Black Thistles are a four piece alternative rock band currently based in Devon, whose influences include the likes of The Strokes and Blur.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since forming in February this year, the band have gigged extensively around Bristol, Exeter and London, and released a debut EP entitled &#8216;Who Cares&#8217;, which has featured on several radio stations, including BBC Introducing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Black Thistles have now released a video for their excellent new single, &#8216;Nobody&#8217;s Special&#8217;.<\/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\/anTn7qbfNpQ?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><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They have also recorded a second, as yet untitled, EP, which is due for release on 21st August.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The EP &#8216;Who Cares&#8217; by Black Thistles, which includes the track &#8216;Nobody&#8217;s Special&#8217; is available to download from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/album\/who-cares-single\/id986940970\">iTunes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For more information about Black Thistles visit their\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackthistles.co.uk\/\">Website<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BlackThistlesUK\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/blackthistlesmusic\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0pages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Thistles ask Who Cares and claim that Nobody&#8217;s Special &#8211; we beg to differ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12555,"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":[57,9],"tags":[1171,830,2325,2328,286,67,615,2326,2327],"class_list":["post-12552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-artists","category-new-releases","tag-alternative-rock","tag-bbc-introducing","tag-black-thistles","tag-devon","tag-ep","tag-new-artists","tag-new-releases","tag-nobody-special","tag-who-cares"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-3gs","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":84518,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2023\/10\/new-jersey-folk-rocker-jake-thistle-cautions-us-against-growing-up-to-fast-in-new-single-brooklyn-can-wait\/","url_meta":{"origin":12552,"position":0},"title":"New Jersey Folk-Rocker Jake Thistle Cautions Us Against Growing Up To Fast In New Single, &#8216;Brooklyn Can Wait&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"30\/10\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"He might only be 19 years old still, but New Jersey folk-rocker Jake Thistle knows his way around a song. 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