{"id":39533,"date":"2018-08-17T11:13:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T10:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=39533"},"modified":"2018-08-17T11:13:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-17T10:13:00","slug":"mountain-lions-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/08\/mountain-lions-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Mountain Lions &#8211; &#8216;California&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>&#8216;California&#8217; is the first track released by indie folk act, Mountain Lions, from his new album&#8217;, We Are&#8217;. The solo project of Steve Diaz, it&#8217;s the culmination of five years of songwriting and story-telling.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Diaz says of Mountain Lions:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;I wanted to expose hones<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">t emotions with these songs. Some of them have to do with death, some songs focus on internal struggles, and some are simply descriptions of beautiful moments that we all may have experienced.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">Moving to Cleveland, Ohio four years ago to join The Lighthouse And The Whaler, he toured with the band for three years before realising he also had his own story to tell, and started devoting himself to writing songs with a new awareness. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">&#8220;We are constantly discovering ourselves through good times and bad. These songs pull deeply from those emerging experiences.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;California&#8217;, the first release from his album, &#8216;We Are&#8217;, invites the listener in with its upbeat melody. It tells the tale of setting your sights on a goal, while at the same time being present for the entire journey. It&#8217;s an &#8220;On The Road&#8217; style track:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt has some ties to Jack Kerouac because the road is a fun place to be, especially in between landmarks. For me, it\u2019s a reminder to enjoy the process and not wish that I was there already.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Find Mountain Lions online on their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainlionsmusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official website<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mountainlionsmusic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtlionsband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/mountain_lions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SoundCloud<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/6PKMrf3rbDuzMRLdxIJ19Z?si=YPrkRfQBQwu_tEPz0kS2xg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/mountainlionsden.bandcamp.com\/releases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bandcamp<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"California by Mountain Lions\" 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%2F450751323&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=960&#038;maxwidth=640\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;California&#8217; is the first track released by indie folk act, Mountain Lions, from his new album&#8217;, We Are&#8217;. The solo project of Steve Diaz, it&#8217;s the culmination of five years of songwriting and story-telling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39534,"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],"tags":[901,16127,144,77,370,16128,5272],"class_list":["post-39533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-artists","category-new-releases","tag-california","tag-mountain-lions","tag-new-album","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-steven-diaz","tag-we-are"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-ahD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48282,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/03\/tom-the-lion-tanks\/","url_meta":{"origin":39533,"position":0},"title":"Tom The Lion &#8211; &#8216;Tanks&#8217;","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"25\/03\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Nearly five years since his last release, London native Tom The Lion sets himself up for a remarkable comeback with new single \u2018Tanks\u2019.","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\/2019\/03\/RNI-Films-IMG-43645191-60BF-4942-B4AA-A3C163294EBE_V3.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/RNI-Films-IMG-43645191-60BF-4942-B4AA-A3C163294EBE_V3.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/RNI-Films-IMG-43645191-60BF-4942-B4AA-A3C163294EBE_V3.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/RNI-Films-IMG-43645191-60BF-4942-B4AA-A3C163294EBE_V3.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/RNI-Films-IMG-43645191-60BF-4942-B4AA-A3C163294EBE_V3.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":34965,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/04\/desert-mountain-tribe-wide-eyes\/","url_meta":{"origin":39533,"position":1},"title":"Desert Mountain Tribe &#8211; &#8216;Wide Eyes&#8217;","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"14\/04\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Indie-rock trio Desert Mountain Tribe release 'Wide Eyes', the debut single from their upcoming second album, 'Om Parvat Mystery'.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Artists&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Artists","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/new-artists\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DMT2.png?fit=851%2C360&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DMT2.png?fit=851%2C360&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DMT2.png?fit=851%2C360&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DMT2.png?fit=851%2C360&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":37744,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/07\/jackie-greene-crazy-comes-easy\/","url_meta":{"origin":39533,"position":2},"title":"Jackie Greene &#8211; &#8216;Crazy Comes Easy&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"02\/07\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Northern California singer-songwriter Jackie Greene has played with the Black Crowes and Gov't Mule, and toured nationally with BB King, Mark Knopfler, Huey Lewis, Buddy Guy, and many more. 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