{"id":18738,"date":"2016-03-07T16:51:56","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T16:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=18738"},"modified":"2016-03-07T16:51:56","modified_gmt":"2016-03-07T16:51:56","slug":"rayne-gives-us-the-opportunity-for-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/03\/rayne-gives-us-the-opportunity-for-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Rayne Gives Us The &#8216;Opportunity For Progress&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18740\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/03\/rayne-gives-us-the-opportunity-for-progress\/rayne-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Rayne-2.jpg?fit=453%2C604&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"453,604\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Rayne 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Rayne-2.jpg?fit=453%2C604&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18740\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Rayne-2.jpg?resize=453%2C604&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Rayne 2\" width=\"453\" height=\"604\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Indie alt rock band, Rayne, have released the video for their single, &#8216;Opportunity for Progress&#8217;.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The song is from the Sunderland band&#8217;s long awaited second album, &#8216;Complex By Design&#8217;, which is set for release via Ambicon Records later this year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rayne are Ben Potts on Vox and Bass, Adam Dagg on Guitar and Synths, and Steve Naisbet on Drums. The trio have been compared to the likes of 30 Seconds To Mars, Muse, The Killers, and U2. Check out the video and make up your own mind.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_48355\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9Ma9tDBYXr8?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=\"YouTube player\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/9Ma9tDBYXr8\/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;\">Find Rayne on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OfficialRayne\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rayneofficial\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/myspace.com\/official-rayne\" target=\"_blank\">Myspace<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/raynemusic\" target=\"_blank\">Soundcloud<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indie alt rock band, Rayne, have released the video for their single, &#8216;Opportunity for Progress&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18739,"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":[57,9,640],"tags":[1345,4847,144,939,77,370,4846,4845,2059,81],"class_list":["post-18738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-artists","category-new-releases","category-videos","tag-alt-rock","tag-complex-by-design","tag-new-album","tag-new-ep","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-opportunity-for-progress","tag-rayne","tag-sunderland","tag-video"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-4Se","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":43146,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/11\/simply-rayne-dont-stop-ft-baby-bash\/","url_meta":{"origin":18738,"position":0},"title":"Simply Rayne &#8211; &#8216;Don\u2019t Stop&#8217; ft. 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