{"id":27441,"date":"2017-05-17T11:57:29","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T10:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=27441"},"modified":"2017-05-17T11:57:29","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T10:57:29","slug":"essentially-pop-meets-skyfever-and-talks-about-the-returning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/05\/essentially-pop-meets-skyfever-and-talks-about-the-returning\/","title":{"rendered":"Essentially Pop Meets: Skyfever And Talks About &#8216;The Returning&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27442\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/05\/essentially-pop-meets-skyfever-and-talks-about-the-returning\/essentially-pop-meets-skyfever\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Essentially-Pop-Meets-Skyfever.png?fit=1714%2C1232&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1714,1232\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Essentially Pop Meets Skyfever\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Essentially-Pop-Meets-Skyfever.png?fit=640%2C460&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27442\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Essentially-Pop-Meets-Skyfever.png?resize=640%2C460&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"460\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The third and final in our series of interviews in Ireland was with Luke Lang and Brian Clarke, singer and guitarist respectively from Dublin rock band, Skyfever. <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We&#8217;ve talked to Skyfever\u00a0before, but never met any of the band in person, so it was a great opportunity to have a chat about their music, and their new single, &#8216;The Returning&#8217;. Luke is a recent addition to Skyfever, with their gig at The Grand Social the following evening his first with the band. He brings with him a definite rock sound which has more than influenced Skyfever&#8217;s music.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_10884\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZBFveTBFcq8?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=\"Essentially Pop Meets Skyfever\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/ZBFveTBFcq8\/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;\">Lisa also had the opportunity to check out Skyfever live in concert, at legendary Dublin venue, The Grand Social. The room was filled with enthusiastic fans eagerly embracing the new sound, and feeding off Skyfever&#8217;s increcible energy.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27443\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/05\/essentially-pop-meets-skyfever-and-talks-about-the-returning\/skyfever-audiene\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Skyfever-audiene.jpg?fit=720%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Skyfever audience\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Skyfever-audiene.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27443\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Skyfever-audiene.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Although there was seating in the venue, not much of it was used, as everyone was standing up and dancing. The gig was to launch their new single, &#8216;The Returning&#8217;, and the band kept us wanting more with a strong and energetic performance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_12765\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R_ab44WQ4RY?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=\"Skyfever - &#039;The Returning&#039; - Live At The Grand Social, Dublin, 27 April 2017\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/R_ab44WQ4RY\/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;\">&#8216;The Returning&#8217; is available on <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/album\/id1220527726\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iTunes<\/a>,\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/skyfever.bandcamp.com\/track\/the-returning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bandcamp.<\/a>\u00a0You can also stream it on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/6xSkQDD0ZjqdaW4GsvYU3T\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spotify.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Find Skyfever online on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Skyfever1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/Skyfevermusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skyfevermusic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.snapchat.com\/add\/skyfevermusic01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Snapchat<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ie.linkedin.com\/in\/skyfever\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LinkedIn<\/a>,\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyfevermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">their official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The third and final in our series of interviews in Ireland was with Luke Lang and Brian Clarke, singer and guitarist respectively from Dublin rock band, Skyfever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":27442,"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":[264,641,640],"tags":[131,251,407,126,369,2832,9520,81],"class_list":["post-27441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-concerts","category-interviews","category-videos","tag-concert","tag-dublin","tag-interview","tag-ireland","tag-irish","tag-skyfever","tag-the-returning","tag-video"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-78B","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26518,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/03\/skyfever-are-back-with-the-returning\/","url_meta":{"origin":27441,"position":0},"title":"SKYFEVER Are Back With &#8216;The Returning&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"29\/03\/2017","format":false,"excerpt":"It's been a while, but Dublin band SKYFEVER make a welcome 'Returning' with their new single.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/The-Returning.jpg?fit=1200%2C450&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/The-Returning.jpg?fit=1200%2C450&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/The-Returning.jpg?fit=1200%2C450&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/The-Returning.jpg?fit=1200%2C450&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/The-Returning.jpg?fit=1200%2C450&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":48710,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/04\/skyfever-are-the-kings-with-new-single-and-video\/","url_meta":{"origin":27441,"position":1},"title":"Skyfever Are The &#8216;Kings&#8217; 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