{"id":14402,"date":"2015-10-10T10:09:20","date_gmt":"2015-10-10T09:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=14402"},"modified":"2015-10-10T10:09:20","modified_gmt":"2015-10-10T09:09:20","slug":"kissing-party-looking-back-it-was-romantic-but-at-the-time-i-was-suffocating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/10\/kissing-party-looking-back-it-was-romantic-but-at-the-time-i-was-suffocating\/","title":{"rendered":"Kissing Party &#8211; &#8216;looking back it was romantic but at the time i was suffocating&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14407\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/10\/kissing-party-looking-back-it-was-romantic-but-at-the-time-i-was-suffocating\/kissing-party5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Kissing-party5.png?fit=571%2C427&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"571,427\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Kissing party5\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Kissing-party5.png?fit=571%2C427&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14407\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Kissing-party5.png?resize=571%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kissing party5\" width=\"571\" height=\"427\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>From Denver Colorado comes Kissing Party. There&#8217;s something really familiar and welcoming about them &#8211; think The Bluetones blended carefully with The Beautiful South &#8211; this group puts a US spin on a Brit sound and comes up with something really unique and earwormy.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Comprising Deirdre on Vocals, Gregg, also on Vocals, plus Guitar, Joe on Guitar, Lee on Bass and Shane on the Drums, Kissing Party have an immensely likeable sound and &#8216;looking back it was romantic but at the time i was suffocating&#8217; is angsty and wry. At the forefront of the &#8216;<strong>Slop Pop&#8217;<\/strong> movement, Kissing Party<i>\u00a0<\/i>is the sound of debt, regret, heartbreak, hair dye &amp; Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Find Kissing Party on their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thekissingparty.com\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kissingparty\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Kissing-Party-223137740232\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>. Their album, &#8221;looking back it was romantic but at the time i was suffocating&#8217; is the band&#8217;s second release on Denver&#8217;s Hot Congress Records, and is available on\u00a0CD, Vinyl, and Cassette &#8211; with download via their Bandcamp <a href=\"https:\/\/kissingparty.bandcamp.com\/album\/looking-back-it-was-romantic-but-at-the-time-i-was-suffocating\" target=\"_blank\">store<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_27673\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F1wR5k4w_5U?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=\"Kissing Party - Trash ( Official Video )\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/F1wR5k4w_5U\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Denver Colorado comes Kissing Party. There&#8217;s something really familiar and welcoming about them &#8211; think The Bluetones blended carefully with The Beautiful South &#8211; this group puts a US spin on a Brit sound and comes up with something really unique and earwormy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":14404,"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":[3100,634,3103,3102,3101,144,77,3105,3104,968],"class_list":["post-14402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-releases","tag-looking-back-it-was-romantic-but-at-the-time-i-was-suffocating","tag-britpop","tag-denver","tag-denver-colorado","tag-kissing-party","tag-new-album","tag-new-release","tag-slop-pop","tag-the-beautiful-south","tag-the-bluetones"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-3Ki","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21249,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/06\/nick-aslam-releases-new-ep-crime-for-thought-featuring-single-night-train\/","url_meta":{"origin":14402,"position":0},"title":"Nick Aslam Releases New EP \u2018Crime For Thought\u2019  Featuring Single &#8216;Night Train&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"22\/06\/2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Nick Aslam released his latest EP, 'Crime For Thought' on 16 June.","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\/2016\/06\/Nick-Aslam-1.png?fit=1200%2C1146&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Nick-Aslam-1.png?fit=1200%2C1146&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Nick-Aslam-1.png?fit=1200%2C1146&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Nick-Aslam-1.png?fit=1200%2C1146&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Nick-Aslam-1.png?fit=1200%2C1146&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10059,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/04\/bluetones-make-their-slight-return\/","url_meta":{"origin":14402,"position":1},"title":"Bluetones Make Their (Slight) Return!","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"13\/04\/2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Brit pop stalwarts The Bluetones make their very welcome (slight) return to the live performance circuit this September, celebrating their 20th anniversary with an 8 gig tour starting on the 16th of that month, at Leeds' O2 Academy.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Concerts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Concerts","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/concerts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/The-Bluetones.jpg?fit=1200%2C518&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/The-Bluetones.jpg?fit=1200%2C518&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/The-Bluetones.jpg?fit=1200%2C518&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/The-Bluetones.jpg?fit=1200%2C518&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/The-Bluetones.jpg?fit=1200%2C518&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":65548,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/10\/the-arrival-of-a-new-band-to-invade-your-playlists-aliensdontringdoorbells-have-landed\/","url_meta":{"origin":14402,"position":2},"title":"The &#8216;Arrival&#8217; of a new band to invade your playlists&#8230; aliensdontringdoorbells have landed!","author":"Polly Havelock","date":"16\/10\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"A new band is here to invade your playlists and record players \u2013 aliensdontringdoorbells. 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