{"id":19442,"date":"2016-04-05T11:04:16","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T11:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=19442"},"modified":"2016-04-05T11:04:16","modified_gmt":"2016-04-05T11:04:16","slug":"new-portals-share-gorgeous-harmonies-with-new-song-groove-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/04\/new-portals-share-gorgeous-harmonies-with-new-song-groove-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"New Portals Share Gorgeous Harmonies With New Song &#8216;Groove Boy&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19444\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/04\/new-portals-share-gorgeous-harmonies-with-new-song-groove-boy\/new-portals-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/New-Portals-1.jpg?fit=620%2C372&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"620,372\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"New Portals 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/New-Portals-1.jpg?fit=620%2C372&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19444\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/New-Portals-1.jpg?resize=620%2C372&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"New Portals 1\" width=\"620\" height=\"372\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Belfast duo New Portals follow up, &#8216;Skyline&#8217;, and &#8216;Do It Right&#8217;, with new track &#8216;Groove Boy&#8217;.<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Groove Boy&#8217; has been described by The Guardian (who incidentally made them their band of the week last Friday):<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cone of the finest R&amp;B-tinged male-female duos we\u2019ve heard since AlunaGeorge\u2026 \u2018Groove Boy\u2019 is crystalline pop with a divine melody, a keyboard pattern that gives \u201ctwinkling\u201d a good name, and celestial sighs from Mrs Aicken that make Aluna Francis sound like Aretha Franklin. The milieu is the discotheque but the mood is dolorous. Immaculate use of finger-clicks, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Check out the video, which was released on 30 March.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_92612\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3ghog_fnSKI?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=\"New Portals - Groove Boy [Official Music Video]\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/3ghog_fnSKI\/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 New Portals online on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/newportals\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewPortalsMusic\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/play.spotify.com\/artist\/6qZCSqm5fzXmxBTDwStpQ1?play=true&amp;utm_source=open.spotify.com&amp;utm_medium=open\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a>, and their two Instagram accounts \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/newportals\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ruth<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/newportalsboy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mike<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belfast duo New Portals follow up, &#8216;Skyline&#8217;, and &#8216;Do It Right&#8217;, with new track &#8216;Groove 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