{"id":13001,"date":"2015-08-17T10:55:33","date_gmt":"2015-08-17T09:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=13001"},"modified":"2015-08-17T10:55:33","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T09:55:33","slug":"introducing-the-diamond-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/08\/introducing-the-diamond-age\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing: The Diamond Age"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13004\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/08\/introducing-the-diamond-age\/the-diamond-age3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/The-Diamond-Age3.jpg?fit=1685%2C1123&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1685,1123\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"The Diamond Age3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/The-Diamond-Age3.jpg?fit=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13004\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/The-Diamond-Age3.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Diamond Age3\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Southampton Dreampop duo, The Diamond Age have been self-producing their recordings since late 2013, releasing &#8216;Yesterday Was&#8217; and &#8216;Andrew&#8217;s An Android&#8217; on SoundCloud in November that year. Formed of Matt Canning and Bilu Acharjee, the The Diamond Age have recently released a new single, &#8216;Sleepwalking&#8217;. Doing exactly what it says on the tin, the song fully captures the ambience of the title with ethereal melodies and vocals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Diamond Age&#8217;s\u00a0raison d&#8217;\u00eatre is the creation of music with immediacy and melody at its very heart, drawing together elements of indie, shoe-gaze and kraut-rock.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can find The Diamond Age online on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thediamondageuk?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thediamondageuk\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. See them live at The Alexandra, in Southampton, on 29 August. For further details on this event, see the venue&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/thealexpub.co.uk\/events\/\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F214899916&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;visual=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;color=ff5500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><br class=\"Apple-interchange-newline\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Sleepwalking&#8217; by The Diamond Age does exactly what it says on the tin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":13002,"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],"tags":[1725,743,2462,77,2463,1660,2464,69,1678,2461],"class_list":["post-13001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-artists","tag-dreampop","tag-indie","tag-kraut-rock","tag-new-release","tag-shoe-gaze","tag-shoegaze","tag-sleepwalking","tag-soundcloud","tag-southampton","tag-the-diamond-age"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-3nH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13160,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/08\/the-diamond-age-talk\/","url_meta":{"origin":13001,"position":0},"title":"The Diamond Age Talk","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"21\/08\/2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The Diamond Age tell us who the most important people in the music industry are.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Interviews&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Interviews","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/interviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/The-Diamond-Age1.jpg?fit=960%2C960&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/The-Diamond-Age1.jpg?fit=960%2C960&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/The-Diamond-Age1.jpg?fit=960%2C960&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/The-Diamond-Age1.jpg?fit=960%2C960&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":16603,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/12\/essential-advent-calendar-the-diamond-age-holly\/","url_meta":{"origin":13001,"position":1},"title":"Essential Advent Calendar: The Diamond Age &#8211; &#8216;Holly&#8217;","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"18\/12\/2015","format":false,"excerpt":"We\u2019re up to Day 18 of the Essential Advent Calendar \u2013 only a week left to go! Today we feature \u2018Holly\u2019, the new single from The Diamond Age.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christmas&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christmas","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/archived-categories\/christmas\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/The-Diamond-Age-Photo-Credit-Steve-Bayley.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/The-Diamond-Age-Photo-Credit-Steve-Bayley.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/The-Diamond-Age-Photo-Credit-Steve-Bayley.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/The-Diamond-Age-Photo-Credit-Steve-Bayley.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/The-Diamond-Age-Photo-Credit-Steve-Bayley.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14743,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/10\/voxes-dreamy-psychpop-from-paris-with-a-california-feel\/","url_meta":{"origin":13001,"position":2},"title":"Voxes &#8211; Dreamy Psychpop from Paris With a California Feel","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"25\/10\/2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Voxes are a psych\/dreampop band from Paris, France, whose new EP, 'Mind Fuzz' was released on 25 September.","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\/2015\/10\/Voxes-2.jpg?fit=1200%2C445&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Voxes-2.jpg?fit=1200%2C445&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Voxes-2.jpg?fit=1200%2C445&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Voxes-2.jpg?fit=1200%2C445&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Voxes-2.jpg?fit=1200%2C445&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":47703,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/03\/dar-ra-diamonds-n-shadows\/","url_meta":{"origin":13001,"position":3},"title":"Dar.Ra &#8211; &#8216;Diamonds N Shadows&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"06\/03\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The video for Dar.Ra's new single, 'Diamonds N Shadows', is for those of us who've felt a bit lost in the rat race of life.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Releases&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Releases","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/new-releases\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Dar.Ra-press.jpg?fit=1100%2C733&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Dar.Ra-press.jpg?fit=1100%2C733&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Dar.Ra-press.jpg?fit=1100%2C733&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Dar.Ra-press.jpg?fit=1100%2C733&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Dar.Ra-press.jpg?fit=1100%2C733&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":32723,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/01\/jacobs-run-sleepwalking\/","url_meta":{"origin":13001,"position":4},"title":"jacobs run &#8211; &#8216;Sleepwalking&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"28\/01\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Melbourne Australia band, jacobs run comprises Michael Jacobs, Fabian Bucci, and Peter Curigliano. The trio have played in bands together for a number of years and it's this which has led them to craft their self-assured and polished sound, showcasing their mastery of songwriting and orchestration. 'Sleepwalking', their latest single,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Releases&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Releases","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/new-releases\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/jacobs-run.png?fit=1200%2C436&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/jacobs-run.png?fit=1200%2C436&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/jacobs-run.png?fit=1200%2C436&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/jacobs-run.png?fit=1200%2C436&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/jacobs-run.png?fit=1200%2C436&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12648,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/08\/tree-of-wolves-sebastian\/","url_meta":{"origin":13001,"position":5},"title":"Tree of Wolves &#8211; &#8216;Sebastian&#8217;","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"05\/08\/2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Welsh band Tree Of Wolves definitely are winning our award for most thought provoking band name.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Releases&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Releases","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/new-releases\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/tree-of-wolves3.jpg?fit=960%2C639&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/tree-of-wolves3.jpg?fit=960%2C639&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/tree-of-wolves3.jpg?fit=960%2C639&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/tree-of-wolves3.jpg?fit=960%2C639&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/The-Diamond-Age1.jpg?fit=960%2C960&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}