{"id":29580,"date":"2017-08-21T12:31:50","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T11:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=29580"},"modified":"2017-08-21T12:31:50","modified_gmt":"2017-08-21T11:31:50","slug":"peppermint-heaven-more-like-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/08\/peppermint-heaven-more-like-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Peppermint Heaven &#8211; &#8216;More Like Me&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"29581\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/08\/peppermint-heaven-more-like-me\/more-like-me\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/more-like-me.jpg?fit=2048%2C2048&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,2048\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"more like me\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/more-like-me.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29581\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/more-like-me.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>&#8216;More Like Me&#8217; is the first track from Peppermint Heaven&#8217;s new album, &#8216;Curious Things&#8217;, the follow up to their debut album, &#8216;Precious Things&#8217;.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;More Like Me&#8217; once again channels the 80s sound, this time having a &#8220;coffee percolator&#8221; style backbeat, reminiscent of Dead Or Alive&#8217;s &#8216;You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)&#8217;. The track was released on August 18.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Los Angeles based Juno &amp; Spark, performing as Peppermint Heaven, have been bringing their unique 80s style indie-pop to their cult following for the past six years, and &#8216;More Like Me&#8217; is a welcome return for those of us who missed their New Order-like stylings. The duo have a truly vintage sound, yet at the same time remaining solidly fixed in the present in terms of lyrics and production, while making solid use of reverb guitar, and funky bass.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;More Like Me&#8217; is available now, ahead of the Autumn release of &#8216;Curious Things&#8217;. You can find Peppermint Heaven online on their <a href=\"http:\/\/peppermintheaven.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official website<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/peppermintheaven\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&amp;q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/peppermintheaven&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1496481585795000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHpjvMhhOHdOco9766h4CViIYOSiQ\">Facebook<\/a>, \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pepperminthvn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&amp;q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/pepperminthvn&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1496481585795000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGApneOTWxxBzntRi2yo0Z7Pj_ZoQ\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/peppermintheaventhings.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tumblr<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/u\/0\/+Peppermintheaven\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Plus<\/a>, and \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/peppermintheaven\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&amp;q=https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/peppermintheaven&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1496481585795000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE-L8kf0IhoNLvBgXcWXZfyfAbV3Q\">Soundcloud<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"More Like Me by Peppermint Heaven\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F325956218&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=960&#038;maxwidth=640&#038;secret_token=s-PaSKM\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;More Like Me&#8217; is the first track from Peppermint Heaven&#8217;s new album, &#8216;Curious Things&#8217;, the follow up to their debut album, &#8216;Precious Things&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":29581,"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":[750,11073,8250,27,11072,144,77,370,3951,3957,3799,1674],"class_list":["post-29580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-releases","tag-80s","tag-curious-things","tag-juno","tag-los-angeles","tag-more-like-me","tag-new-album","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-peppermint-heaven","tag-precious-things","tag-sparks","tag-synth"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-7H6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36615,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/06\/peppermint-heaven-lessons-in-love\/","url_meta":{"origin":29580,"position":0},"title":"Peppermint Heaven &#8211; 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