{"id":21000,"date":"2016-06-13T15:17:17","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T14:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=21000"},"modified":"2016-06-13T15:17:17","modified_gmt":"2016-06-13T14:17:17","slug":"smash-the-clock-we-talk-to-bruce-foxton-about-his-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/06\/smash-the-clock-we-talk-to-bruce-foxton-about-his-new-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Smash The Clock &#8211; We Talk To Bruce Foxton About His New Album"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20613\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/05\/smash-the-clock-first-top-40-solo-effort-for-bruce-foxton\/bruce-foxton-smash-the-clock-cover-300dpi-square\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Bruce-Foxton-Smash-The-Clock-Cover-300dpi-square.jpg?fit=4724%2C4724&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4724,4724\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bruce-Foxton-Smash-The-Clock-Cover-300dpi-square\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Bruce-Foxton-Smash-The-Clock-Cover-300dpi-square.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20613\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Bruce-Foxton-Smash-The-Clock-Cover-300dpi-square.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bruce-Foxton-Smash-The-Clock-Cover-300dpi-square\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Last week we had the privilege to speak to Bruce Foxton of From The Jam, and talked about his new album, &#8216;Smash The Clock&#8217;, the music industry, and what lies ahead for his band.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Check out our\u00a0interview with Bruce:<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_24617\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Lt9SpzCjsMA?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=\"EP Talks To Bruce Foxton About &#039;Smash The Clock&#039;\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Lt9SpzCjsMA\/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 From The Jam on their <a href=\"http:\/\/fromthejamofficial.com\" target=\"_blank\">official website<\/a>,\u00a0and Bruce on <a href=\"http:\/\/fromthejam.com\" target=\"_blank\">brucefoxton.com<\/a>. Additionally, you can like From The Jam\u00a0on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FromTheJam\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/@FromTheJam1\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BruceFoxton\" target=\"_blank\">Bruce<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RussellHastings\" target=\"_blank\">Russell<\/a> are also on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">See From The Jam&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fromthejamofficial.com\/#!blank-1\/clq3\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a> for concert information.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Smash The Clock&#8217; can be bought from Amazon, iTunes, HMV, and all reputable music sellers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lisa interviewed Bruce Foxton of From The Jam about his new album,  &#8216;Smash The Clock&#8217; and the band&#8217;s forthcoming tour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":20611,"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":[641],"tags":[1795,131,1796,407,765,144,77,2734,764,5734,5979,103,5737],"class_list":["post-21000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interviews","tag-bruce-foxton","tag-concert","tag-from-the-jam","tag-interview","tag-mod","tag-new-album","tag-new-release","tag-paul-weller","tag-punk","tag-russell-hastings","tag-smash-the-clock","tag-tour","tag-wilko-johnson"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-5sI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20609,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/05\/smash-the-clock-first-top-40-solo-effort-for-bruce-foxton\/","url_meta":{"origin":21000,"position":0},"title":"&#8216;Smash The Clock&#8217; 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