{"id":37130,"date":"2018-06-16T12:05:28","date_gmt":"2018-06-16T11:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=37130"},"modified":"2018-06-16T12:05:28","modified_gmt":"2018-06-16T11:05:28","slug":"naked-congress-falling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/06\/naked-congress-falling\/","title":{"rendered":"Naked Congress &#8211; &#8216;Falling&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37132\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/06\/naked-congress-falling\/falling\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/falling.png?fit=992%2C994&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"992,994\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"falling\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/falling.png?fit=640%2C641&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-37132\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/falling.png?resize=640%2C641&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"641\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>We wrote about Naked Congress a few days back, with their track, &#8216;In My Room&#8217;. Now we&#8217;re privileged to share a second release, &#8216;Falling&#8217;, from the Swedish artist, who now bases himself in Germany.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Naked Congress, real name Magnus Bergentz, or Mazo to his friends, describes his project thus:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Naked Congress is whatever you want it to be. If you\u2019re out driving in your car late at night \u2013 it might give you a melancholy feeling. If you\u2019re stressed out \u2013 it might calm you down. If you\u2019re in a bad mood \u2013 it might soothe you. Whatever happens when you listen to Naked Congress, good or bad, its alright.<\/p>\n<p>This is what it\u2019s all about \u2013 a naked meeting between you and me, through my music.<br \/>\nIt doesn\u2019t matter if you like, hate or love it \u2013 all that matters is \u2013 that it makes you feel something \u2013 something else than a comfortable numbness.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Falling&#8217;, as with our previously reviewed &#8216;In My Room&#8217;, is gentle electronica with Mazo&#8217;s voice hearkening back to the prog-rock stylings of early 10cc, Yes, and Procul Harum. At just under 3 and a half minutes long, &#8216;Falling&#8217; isn&#8217;t a short track but we nonetheless wish it was a bit longer, we&#8217;re greedy for its sound and want to hear it over and over.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Random Ad stuff --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2076862002005673\" data-ad-slot=\"3107208401\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Find out more about Naked Congress online on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nakecongress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-119189895\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SoundCloud<\/a>, and his <a href=\"https:\/\/naked-congress.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official website<\/a>. \u2018Falling\u2019 comes from Naked Congress\u2019s EP, \u2018Someone\u2019, and is avaiable to stream on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/0g2AZiFIiabIc87IxJXWHa?si=Cc3FgibGRzmoYiH9fEhpVA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>, and as a free download from <a href=\"https:\/\/hypeddit.com\/track\/tgvrnt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hypeddit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Falling\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/0g2AZiFIiabIc87IxJXWHa?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We wrote about Naked Congress a few days back, with their track, &#8216;In My Room&#8217;. Now we&#8217;re privileged to share a second release, &#8216;Falling&#8217;, from the Swedish artist, who now bases himself in Germany.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":36972,"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":[1310,1345,2743,6141,1520,715,14824,14823,14821,874,14910,403,115,78,304,2170],"class_list":["post-37130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-releases","tag-10cc","tag-alt-rock","tag-electonica","tag-falling","tag-in-my-room","tag-keyboards","tag-magnus-bergentz","tag-mazo","tag-naked-congress","tag-piano","tag-procul-harum","tag-producer","tag-prog-rock","tag-singer","tag-songwriter","tag-yes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-9ES","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36964,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/06\/naked-congress-in-my-room\/","url_meta":{"origin":37130,"position":0},"title":"Naked Congress &#8211; &#8216;In My Room&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"14\/06\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Naked Congress started back in 1985, and although they had many offers from record companies, the desire to remain true to themselves meant they stayed independent. 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