{"id":14970,"date":"2015-10-29T10:50:56","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T10:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=14970"},"modified":"2015-10-29T10:50:56","modified_gmt":"2015-10-29T10:50:56","slug":"cool-uncle-share-new-track-breaking-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/10\/cool-uncle-share-new-track-breaking-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Cool Uncle Share New Track &#8216;Breaking Up&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14976\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/10\/cool-uncle-share-new-track-breaking-up\/cool-uncle-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Cool-Uncle-1.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Cool Uncle 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Cool-Uncle-1.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14976\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Cool-Uncle-1.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Cool Uncle 1\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>With a name like Cool Uncle we had high hopes for what to expect from this exciting project. Let us tell you a little more\u2026.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This collaborative project is 70\u2019s soul singer Bobby Caldwell (&#8216;What You Won\u2019t Do For Love&#8217;) and producer Jack Splash (Alicia Keys, Cee-Lo-Green, Missy Elliot).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following on from the release of debut track &#8216;Break Away,&#8217; featuring the none other than Jessie Ware, it hasn\u2019t taken long for the second single &#8216;Breaking Up&#8217; to be unleashed. Featuring Deniece Williams (&#8216;Silly&#8217;, &#8216;Let\u2019s Hear It For The Boy&#8217;) and rapper Eric Biddines, the track is a refreshing musical throwback. Their new take on R&amp;B sees the contrasting vocals work alongside each other to become a story telling affair, there\u2019s something within the simple repetitive chorus which\u2019ll have you singing along before the track is out. The funky backing line flutters between a hip hop and soul infused influence creating a simply unique sound.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The story behind the union in short occurred when Caldwell\u2019s wife got in contact with Splash via a Facebook page the Caldwell\u2019s had set up for their dog Stella\u2026causing Splash\u2019s assistant to get involved in this strange scenario and find out it wasn\u2019t a hoax. Following a meeting, a few drops of whiskey and the realisation they were musical soul mates, Cool Uncle was formed. This story alone should be enough to draw you into checking out just what the duo are all about!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Keep your eyes on Cool Uncle as their debut self-titled album will be released on November 13th via Fresh Young Minds.<\/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%2F229473265&#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 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a name like Cool Uncle we had high hopes for what to expect from this exciting project. Let us tell you a little more\u2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14977,"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_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_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":[3401,3405,3404,3400,3403,1870,3402,77,240,242],"class_list":["post-14970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-artists","category-new-releases","tag-bobby-caldwell","tag-break-away","tag-breaking-up","tag-deniece-williams","tag-eric-biddines","tag-hip-hop","tag-jack-splash","tag-new-release","tag-rb","tag-soul"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-3Ts","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":47997,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/03\/hollie-carmen-releases-debut-ep-plan-b\/","url_meta":{"origin":14970,"position":0},"title":"Hollie Carmen Releases Debut EP &#8216;Plan B&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"20\/03\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"With a sound that's several parts Amy Winehouse, a dash of Dionne Bromfield, a splash of Pixie Lott, and a dash of Lily Allen, newcomer Hollie Carmen has a lot to live up to with her debut EP, 'Plan B'. 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