{"id":39238,"date":"2018-08-10T11:19:19","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T10:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=39238"},"modified":"2018-08-10T11:19:19","modified_gmt":"2018-08-10T10:19:19","slug":"an-old-friend-lady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/08\/an-old-friend-lady\/","title":{"rendered":"An Old Friend &#8211; &#8216;Lady&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>An Old Friend comes from Long Island, New York, and the quartet formed after their high school days. Composed of Cody Kohler on lead vocals and guitar, Eddy Barrera on guitar and vocals, Cory Brown on bass and Frank Facompre on drums, An Old Friend write their songs collectively, and they mix different elements of rock, their sound a blend of indie and progressive emo.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An Old Friend released their debut EP, &#8216;Quiet Drive&#8217;, in 2013, and following this released a series of singles as music videos, including &#8216;Scavenger Hunt&#8217;, &#8216;Fragments &amp; Blurs&#8217;, and &#8216;They Feed On Me At Night&#8217;. Their latest EP, &#8216;I Am, I Was&#8217;, now spawns their new single, &#8216;Lady&#8217;.<\/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\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The video for &#8216;Lady&#8217;, directed by Tom Flynn, sees the band in a studio loft in Brooklyn, with the camera panning to each member&#8217;s facial expression. It&#8217;s a beautifully, if simply, shot clip, with soft and subdued colours.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Find out more about An Old Friend online on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/anoldfriendli\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOFband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/anoldfriendli\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/anoldfriend.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bandcamp<\/a>. You can stream and download their music <a href=\"https:\/\/fanlink.to\/aof\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_13227\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S4SxduYFwtE?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=\"An Old Friend - Lady (Official Music Video)\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/S4SxduYFwtE\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Old Friend comes from Long Island, New York, and the quartet formed after their high school days. Composed of Cody Kohler on lead vocals and guitar, Eddy Barrera on guitar and vocals, Cory Brown on bass and Frank Facompre on drums, An Old Friend write their songs collectively, and they mix different elements of rock, their sound a blend of indie and progressive emo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":39239,"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":[9,640],"tags":[15973,5197,743,5725,6017,77,370,1945,180,203],"class_list":["post-39238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-releases","category-videos","tag-an-old-friend","tag-emo","tag-indie","tag-lady","tag-long-island","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-new-video","tag-new-york","tag-rock"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-acS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":83135,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2023\/08\/an-old-friend-release-new-alt-rock-track-and-video-native-gardens\/","url_meta":{"origin":39238,"position":0},"title":"An Old Friend Release New Alt Rock Track And Video, &#8216;Native Gardens&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"02\/08\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The emotional intensity in all An Old Friend's music is no less evident in their latest single, 'Native Gardens', which takes a deep dive into the finer aspects of musical experimentation.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Music","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/An-Old-Friend-NG-photo-full-band-1-inside-horiz-c-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/An-Old-Friend-NG-photo-full-band-1-inside-horiz-c-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/An-Old-Friend-NG-photo-full-band-1-inside-horiz-c-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/An-Old-Friend-NG-photo-full-band-1-inside-horiz-c-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/An-Old-Friend-NG-photo-full-band-1-inside-horiz-c-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":18776,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/03\/were-staying-awake-for-this-one-new-from-why-we-love\/","url_meta":{"origin":39238,"position":1},"title":"We&#8217;re &#8216;Staying Awake&#8217; 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