{"id":17678,"date":"2016-02-03T12:23:37","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T12:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=17678"},"modified":"2016-02-03T12:23:37","modified_gmt":"2016-02-03T12:23:37","slug":"dublin-band-bouts-ask-us-to-be-allies-with-new-single","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/02\/dublin-band-bouts-ask-us-to-be-allies-with-new-single\/","title":{"rendered":"Dublin Band Bouts Ask Us to Be &#8216;Allies&#8217; With New Single"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17681\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/02\/dublin-band-bouts-ask-us-to-be-allies-with-new-single\/bouts-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Bouts-1.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Bouts 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Bouts-1.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17681\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Bouts-1.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bouts 1\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Check out the video for &#8216;Allies&#8217;, the latest\u00a0release from Dublin band, Bouts.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fun and frivolous, the video is the perfect accompaniment to &#8216;Allies&#8217;, which is the second release\u00a0from\u00a0their upcoming EP, &#8216;Unlearn&#8217;,\u00a0set for release via limited edition cassette (YES) on February 29.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Comprising\u00a0Barry Bracken, Colin Boylan, Daniel Flynn and Niall Jackson, the four piece describe their music as indie guitar loudness, but it&#8217;s so much more than that. Bouts are several parts pop and several parts rock, with all parts fun. Their big guitar hooks take the listener to the top of the mountain and then drop them off the other side, with Bouts laughing manically on the other side. Or something like that.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Check out the video here:<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_54907\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/znRvsaEZCrI?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=\"Bouts - Allies\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/znRvsaEZCrI\/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;\">You can find Bouts online on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gimmebouts\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gimmebouts\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, and their <a href=\"http:\/\/gimmebouts.com\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>. &#8216;Unlearn&#8217; can be pre-ordered from their <a href=\"http:\/\/gimmebouts.com\/album\/unlearn\" target=\"_blank\">Bandcamp<\/a> site. At only \u20ac5, which lets you download it digitally as well, so you can keep playing &#8216;Unlearn&#8217; long after your cassette tape has stretched beyond recognition, you&#8217;ve no excuse not to. Do it now.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out the video for &#8216;Allies&#8217;, the latest release from Dublin band, Bouts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":17683,"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":[9,640],"tags":[4348,481,4346,2109,251,286,126,77,1945,371,79,4347],"class_list":["post-17678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-releases","category-videos","tag-allies","tag-bandcamp","tag-bouts","tag-cassette","tag-dublin","tag-ep","tag-ireland","tag-new-release","tag-new-video","tag-preorder","tag-single","tag-unlearn"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-4B8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19017,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/03\/bouts-missteps\/","url_meta":{"origin":17678,"position":0},"title":"Bouts &#8211; &#8216;Missteps&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"17\/03\/2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Following up from their last video, 'Allies', are Dublin band, Bouts, with their newest single, 'Missteps'.","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\/03\/Bouts-5.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bouts-5.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bouts-5.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bouts-5.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Bouts-5.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":48710,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/04\/skyfever-are-the-kings-with-new-single-and-video\/","url_meta":{"origin":17678,"position":1},"title":"Skyfever Are The &#8216;Kings&#8217; With New Single And Video","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"05\/04\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Skyfever are back with the latest release from their EP, 'Rear View Mirror'. 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