{"id":37777,"date":"2018-07-02T14:07:29","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T13:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=37777"},"modified":"2018-07-02T14:07:29","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T13:07:29","slug":"s-j-armstrong-some-restful-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/07\/s-j-armstrong-some-restful-day\/","title":{"rendered":"S.J. Armstrong &#8211; &#8216;Some Restful Day&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37778\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/07\/s-j-armstrong-some-restful-day\/s-j-armstrong-press\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/S.J.-Armstrong-press.jpg?fit=1031%2C811&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1031,811\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"S.J. Armstrong &amp;#8211; press\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/S.J.-Armstrong-press.jpg?fit=640%2C503&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37778\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/S.J.-Armstrong-press.jpg?resize=640%2C503&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"503\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>SJ Armstrong he has a degree in political science, but chose to follow a different path when he chose instead to pursue music. The twenty three year old singer grew up in Los Angeles, and found music has always been a part of him. He started writing music at the age of 19 with the idea of becoming a jazz guitar player, but after a country phase (as &#8220;The Mysterious Mr Shoe&#8221;), he found his way to rock.<\/strong><\/h4>\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;\">SJ isn&#8217;t a fan of over-production and so he uses the demos of his songs for the official release, giving a human touch to his tracks. SJ shot the video for his latest track, &#8216;Some Restful Day&#8217; by himself, and takes a look behind the lyrics and message of the song. Taking shots of birds, staircases, signs, parking lots, and satellites, in order to add hidden messages, and opens with strategic low-angle scenes of LA to highlight the idea of being small, and insignifcant. Scenes like Mel&#8217;s Diner on the corner of Hollywood and Highland; the distant view of City Hall in Downtown LA; The Orpheum Theatre in LA&#8217;s historic Broadway; and views of rooftop carparks in the fashion district all come together to present a dreamlike setting. During SJs final semester of college he kept dreaming about a girl in a movie theatre, but he could never find her, instead waking up in the middle of his search. &#8216;Some Restful Day&#8217; is the dream written down, and has been recordded as a demo. The song and visuals combine as one striking artpiece.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Find out more about SJ Armstrong on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SJArmstrong7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SJ_Armstrong7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sj_armstrong7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> accounts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_80228\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rvo2y0LhY2Y?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=\"S.J. 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The twenty three year old singer grew up in Los Angeles, and found music has always been a part of him. He started writing music at the age of 19 with the idea of becoming a jazz guitar player, but after a country phase (as &#8220;The Mysterious Mr Shoe&#8221;), he found his way to rock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"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":[57,9,640],"tags":[15295,15298,15299,137,27,15296,77,370,15297,78,15293,15294,304,81],"class_list":["post-37777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-artists","category-new-releases","category-videos","tag-apartment-folk","tag-city-hall","tag-downtown-la","tag-la","tag-los-angeles","tag-mels-diner","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-orpheum-theatre","tag-singer","tag-sj-armstrong","tag-some-restful-day","tag-songwriter","tag-video"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-9Pj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44496,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/01\/sjs-dance-to-sleep-is-a-soothing-lullaby\/","url_meta":{"origin":37777,"position":0},"title":"SJ&#8217;s &#8216;Dance To Sleep&#8217; Is A Soothing Lullaby","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"04\/01\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"'Dance To Sleep', from alt folk artist, SJ, comes from his new EP, 'Nikki', released in December. 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