{"id":19595,"date":"2016-04-14T15:49:05","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T14:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=19595"},"modified":"2016-04-14T15:49:05","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T14:49:05","slug":"the-posies-are-looking-for-you-in-unlikely-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/04\/the-posies-are-looking-for-you-in-unlikely-places\/","title":{"rendered":"The Posies Are Looking For You In &#8216;Unlikely Places&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18897\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/03\/posies-mark-a-dramatic-change-with-release-of-eighth-album-solid-states\/the-posies-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/The-Posies-1.jpg?fit=512%2C512&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"512,512\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"The Posies 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/The-Posies-1.jpg?fit=512%2C512&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18897\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/The-Posies-1.jpg?resize=512%2C512&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Posies 1\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Ahead of the release of their album, &#8216;Solid States&#8217;, on April 29, The Posies have dropped their latest single, &#8216;Unlikely Places&#8217; &#8211; the follow-up to &#8216;Squirrel vs Snake&#8217;, which came out last month.<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8216;Unlikely Places&#8217; has a really nice bass line, that had our heads nodding and feet tapping from the get go, and this didn&#8217;t stop once the sultry, drawly vocals came in. &#8216;Solid States&#8217; is the first album in five years The Posies, who&#8217;ve seen their fair share of tragedy in that time: drummer Darius Minwalla died last year, and then long term bassist Joe Skyward died from cancer last month. &#8216;Unlikely Places&#8217; doesn&#8217;t betray this however, it&#8217;s moderately up tempo and not at all depressing, and reminds us of an act we can&#8217;t quite put our finger on. Weezer? Maybe. But with a touch of They Might Be Giants, and perhaps even a hint of The Smiths. In all it&#8217;s a great sound &#8211; and we&#8217;ve listened to &#8216;Unlikely Places&#8217; five times in quick succession.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">Remaining band members Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow relocated from Seattle and are now living in Europe, where &#8216;Solid States&#8217; will be released through British indie label Lojinx. They&#8217;re currently tailing off their European tour before moving on to the US.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">A pre-release tour edition, with bonus download tracks, will be available exclusively at live shows in Europe throughout April.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">You can catch The Posies at the following dates:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">14 April \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nefertiti.se\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nefertiti<\/a>, Gothenburg, SWEDEN<br \/>\n15 April \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kulturmejeriet.se\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mejeriet<\/a>, Lund, SWEDEN<br \/>\n16 April \u2013 Monkeys, Hamburg, GERMANY <strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ticketmaster.de\/event\/169897?camefrom=de_va_01823\" target=\"_blank\">tickets<\/a>]<\/strong><br \/>\n17 April \u2013 Tavastia, Helsinki, FINLAND <strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tiketti.fi\/\" target=\"_blank\">tickets<\/a>]<\/strong><br \/>\n19 April \u2013 Kafe Antzoki (small room), Bilbao, SPAIN <strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketea.com\/entradas-concierto-the-posies-kafe-antzokia-kutxa-beltza-bilbao\/?published=true\" target=\"_blank\">tickets<\/a>]<\/strong><br \/>\n20 April \u2013 Sala Arena, Madrid, SPAIN <strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketea.com\/entradas-concierto-the-posies-madrid\/\" target=\"_blank\">tickets<\/a>]<\/strong><br \/>\n21 April \u2013 Razzmatazz 2, Bacelona, SPAIN <strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.notikumi.com\/2016\/4\/21\/concierto-de-the-posies-2\" target=\"_blank\">tickets<\/a>]<\/strong><br \/>\n22 April \u2013 Loco Club, Valencia SPAIN <strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onetwotix.com\/the-posies-valencia\">tickets<\/a>]<\/strong><br \/>\n23 April \u2013 Sala Budokan, Cartagena, SPAIN <strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/compralaentrada.com\/event\/the-posies-en-cartagena-cartagena-2016\" target=\"_blank\">tickets<\/a>]<\/strong><br \/>\n24 April \u2013 Sala Malandra, Sevilla SPAIN <strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketea.com\/entradas-concierto-the-posies-sevilla\/?published=true\">tickets<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Find The Posies online on their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theposies.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">official website<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/theposies\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theposies\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theposies\/\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/theposies.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr<\/a>,\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/ThePosiesVEVO\/\" target=\"_blank\">VEVO<\/a>. Find their previous releases on <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/artist\/the-posies\/id361794\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>. There&#8217;s further information on Lojinx&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lojinx.com\/artists\/the-posies\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F257605567&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;visual=true&#038;show_comments=true&#038;color=false&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of the release of their album, &#8216;Solid States&#8217;, on April 29, The Posies have dropped their latest single, &#8216;Unlikely Places&#8217; &#8211; the follow-up to &#8216;Squirrel vs Snake&#8217;, which came out last month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":19600,"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],"tags":[112,144,4911,4912,4913,4910,103,5213],"class_list":["post-19595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-releases","tag-europe","tag-new-album","tag-seattle","tag-solid-state","tag-squirrel-vs-snake","tag-the-posies","tag-tour","tag-unlikely-places"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-563","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18895,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/03\/posies-mark-a-dramatic-change-with-release-of-eighth-album-solid-states\/","url_meta":{"origin":19595,"position":0},"title":"Posies Mark a Dramatic Change With Release of Eighth Album &#8216;Solid States&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"10\/03\/2016","format":false,"excerpt":"During an on\/off career stretching across four decades, Seattle based band The Posies have created one of the most compelling catalogues in modern pop.","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\/The-Posies-1.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":20670,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/06\/the-posies-announce-2016-european-autumn-tour-dates\/","url_meta":{"origin":19595,"position":1},"title":"The Posies Announce 2016 European Autumn Tour Dates","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"01\/06\/2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The Posies return to European shores with their new album, 'Solid States', for two weeks of shows across the UK, The Netherlands and Belgium.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Concerts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Concerts","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/concerts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/The-Posies-Solid-States-1.jpg?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/The-Posies-Solid-States-1.jpg?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/The-Posies-Solid-States-1.jpg?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/The-Posies-Solid-States-1.jpg?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":25417,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/01\/todd-okeefe-uptown\/","url_meta":{"origin":19595,"position":2},"title":"Todd O&#8217;Keefe &#8211; &#8216;Uptown&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"23\/01\/2017","format":false,"excerpt":"LA based singer songwriter Todd O'Keefe has a long music CV to his name, having played as a touring and session musician for the likes of Jeff Beck, Ray Davies, and The Posies, among others. 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