{"id":51316,"date":"2019-07-15T12:45:44","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T11:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=51316"},"modified":"2019-07-15T12:45:44","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T11:45:44","slug":"stef-chura-scream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/07\/stef-chura-scream\/","title":{"rendered":"Stef Chura &#8211; &#8216;Scream&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>&#8216;Midnight&#8217;, the second album from Stef Chura, has only been out for a short while, and yet is being declared to be among the very best albums of this year. &#8216;Midnight&#8217; delivers on the promise Stef showed on her debut project, her 2017 release &#8216;Messes&#8217;, which saw Pitchfork praise her commanding presence and self-assurance. New single, &#8216;Scream&#8217;, although a mere two minutes long, contains more musical ideas, attitude, and fierceness than most entire albums do.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Random Ad stuff --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"3107208401\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2076862002005673\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p><script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She has plenty to say &#8211; as she always does &#8211; about supressed rage, the power of distraction, and the alienation caused by social media; and she puts it all together along with a wonderfully cutting guitar riff, and with just the right amount of an audible sneer. Approaching a headline tour which will see Chura covering North America from coast to coast, &#8216;Scream&#8217; is sure to become a live performance highlight and a firm fan favourite.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the video for the song, directed by Ambar Navarro, we see\u00a0<span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: text; font-family: 'Crimson Rose Body Font','Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">Chura dressed as a cheerleader performing in a high school gymnasium. The rest of the video is pure high school drama of the most kinetic kind: notebook scrawls and kissing in the halls, and questionable acts in bathroom stalls. Chura she addresses the camera with the perfect composure of a budding star.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Find out more about Stef Chura from her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.StefChura.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official website<\/a>. Watch the video for &#8216;Scream&#8217; here:<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_31680\"  width=\"640\" height=\"480\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"480\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s0X5tCHTJvg?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=\"Stef Chura - Scream [Official Music Video]\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/s0X5tCHTJvg\/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>&#8216;Midnight&#8217;, the second album from Stef Chura, has only been out for a short while, and yet is being declared to be among the very best albums of this year. &#8216;Midnight&#8217; delivers on the promise Stef showed on her debut project, her 2017 release &#8216;Messes&#8217;, which saw Pitchfork praise her commanding presence and self-assurance. New single, &#8216;Scream&#8217;, although a mere two minutes long, contains more musical ideas, attitude, and fierceness than most entire albums do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":51343,"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":[7,21455,57,9,21453,21445,21446,640],"tags":[22147,394,4748,144,370,6582,22146,103],"class_list":["post-51316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-albums","category-new-artists","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","category-reviews","category-single-reviews","category-videos","tag-ambar-navarro","tag-concerts","tag-midnight","tag-new-album","tag-new-single","tag-scream","tag-stef-chura","tag-tour"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-dlG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":56772,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/10\/jp-cooper-enlists-stefflon-don-and-banx-ranx-for-new-single-the-reason-why\/","url_meta":{"origin":51316,"position":0},"title":"JP COOPER Enlists STEFFLON DON and BANX &#038; RANX For New Single &#8216;THE REASON WHY&#8217;","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"25\/10\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"British singer-songwriter JP Cooper follows the rapid success of debut album \u2018Raised Under Grey Skies\u2019 with \u2018The Reason Why\u2019 featuring Stefflon Don and Banx & Ranx \u2013 his second single this year.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Concerts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Concerts","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/concerts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/JP-Cooper.png?fit=1187%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/JP-Cooper.png?fit=1187%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/JP-Cooper.png?fit=1187%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/JP-Cooper.png?fit=1187%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/JP-Cooper.png?fit=1187%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12368,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/08\/introducing-penrose\/","url_meta":{"origin":51316,"position":1},"title":"Introducing: Penrose","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"05\/08\/2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Dublin band Penrose are a solid Indie Rock\/Pop band with a great debut album.","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\/2015\/08\/Penros.jpg?fit=960%2C639&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Penros.jpg?fit=960%2C639&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Penros.jpg?fit=960%2C639&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Penros.jpg?fit=960%2C639&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":83853,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2023\/08\/take-a-preview-into-soda-blondes-upcoming-second-album\/","url_meta":{"origin":51316,"position":2},"title":"Take A Preview Into SODA BLONDE\u2019s Upcoming Second Album","author":"Declan Hafey","date":"25\/08\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the biggest names in the Irish alt-pop scene, Soda Blonde have been rising up the Emerald Isle charts for some time now. 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