{"id":19132,"date":"2016-03-21T10:00:04","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T10:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=19132"},"modified":"2016-03-20T17:04:36","modified_gmt":"2016-03-20T17:04:36","slug":"the-hummingbirds-knocking-on-my-door-with-exclusive-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/03\/the-hummingbirds-knocking-on-my-door-with-exclusive-session\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hummingbirds Are &#8216;Knocking On My Door&#8217; With Our Exclusive Session"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19134\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/03\/the-hummingbirds-knocking-on-my-door-with-exclusive-session\/the-hummingbirds-5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/The-Hummingbirds-.jpg?fit=2835%2C1890&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2835,1890\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Hummingbirds\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/The-Hummingbirds-.jpg?fit=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19134\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/The-Hummingbirds-.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Hummingbirds\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Liverpool band The\u00a0Hummingbirds go from strength to strength with their music,\u00a0with their debut album, &#8216;Pieces Of You&#8217;, set to be released next Friday, 25 March.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We were privileged to have the band do an exclusive acoustic session for us, and they performed album opener, &#8216;Knocking On My Door&#8217;. The song has seen some good press coverage, including being named Q Magazine&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.qthemusic.com\/14080\/the-hummingbirds-knocking-on-my-door\/\" target=\"_blank\">Track of The Day<\/a>&#8220;, and a writeup\u00a0in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/music\/new-music-to-listen-to-this-week-the-hummingbirds-a6851051.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Independent<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_52960\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yYbGsbuPYZM?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=\"The Hummingbirds - Knocking On My Door Acoustic\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/yYbGsbuPYZM\/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;\">The Hummingbirds are currently touring to promote their album. You can see them live at the following:<\/p>\n<table class=\"gigpress-table upcoming\" style=\"height: 155px;\" width=\"711\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"gigpress-header\">\n<th class=\"gigpress-date\" scope=\"col\"><\/th>\n<th class=\"gigpress-city\" scope=\"col\"><\/th>\n<th class=\"gigpress-venue\" scope=\"col\"><\/th>\n<th class=\"gigpress-country\" scope=\"col\"><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"gigpress-row active\">\n<td class=\"gigpress-date\">26\/03\/16<\/td>\n<td class=\"gigpress-city\">Stockton<\/td>\n<td class=\"gigpress-venue\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stocktoncalling.co.uk\/\">Stockton Calling \u2013 The Vault<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"gigpress-country\">United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"gigpress-row soldout gigpress-alt\">\n<td class=\"gigpress-date\">27\/03\/16<\/td>\n<td class=\"gigpress-city\">Liverpool<\/td>\n<td class=\"gigpress-venue\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Buyers-Club-1491377554508218\/\">Buyers club<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"gigpress-country\">United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"gigpress-row active\">\n<td class=\"gigpress-date\">28\/03\/16<\/td>\n<td class=\"gigpress-city\">Liverpool<\/td>\n<td class=\"gigpress-venue\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Buyers-Club-1491377554508218\/\">Buyers club<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"gigpress-country\">United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"gigpress-row active gigpress-alt\">\n<td class=\"gigpress-date\">14\/05\/16<\/td>\n<td class=\"gigpress-city\">Runcorn<\/td>\n<td class=\"gigpress-venue\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thebrindley.org.uk\/\">The Brindley Theatre<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"gigpress-country\">United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"gigpress-row active\">\n<td class=\"gigpress-date\">05\/06\/16<\/td>\n<td class=\"gigpress-city\">Sunderland<\/td>\n<td class=\"gigpress-venue\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pengpr.co.uk\/\">Stadium Of Light<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"gigpress-country\">United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Find The Hummingbirds online on their official\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wearethehummingbirds.com\/\">website<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wearethehummingbirdsUK\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/thehummingbirds\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thehummingbirds\/\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCjbgP0IDuRfYZCFPnM6PQ2w\" target=\"_blank\">VEVO<\/a>. You can pre-order &#8216;Pieces Of You&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/thehummingbirds.lnk.to\/piecesofyou\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool band The Hummingbirds go from strength to strength with their music, with their debut album, &#8216;Pieces Of You&#8217;, set to be released next Friday, 25 March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":19133,"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":[1376,111,3839,199,4996,659,77,4995,2995,103,268,81],"class_list":["post-19132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-releases","category-videos","tag-acoustic","tag-album","tag-exclusive","tag-guitar","tag-knocking-on-my-door","tag-liverpool","tag-new-release","tag-session","tag-the-hummingbirds","tag-tour","tag-uk","tag-video"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-4YA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14171,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/09\/the-hummingbirds-out-of-the-rain\/","url_meta":{"origin":19132,"position":0},"title":"The Hummingbirds &#8211; 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