{"id":51501,"date":"2019-07-21T12:06:22","date_gmt":"2019-07-21T11:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=51501"},"modified":"2019-07-22T09:12:12","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T08:12:12","slug":"king-ropes-california-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/07\/king-ropes-california-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"King Ropes &#8211; &#8216;California Stars&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Describing themselves as, a &#8220;psychedelic, hard country garage roots rock band&#8221;, King Ropes&#8217; new single, &#8216;California Stars&#8217; is a ponderous pounding pysch track that has strong overtones of Tom Waits. It&#8217;s from their new album, &#8216;Gravity And Friction&#8217;, which is set for release on July 26.<\/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-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;\">There&#8217;s a nearly orchestral section of &#8216;California Stars&#8217;, right near the end &#8211; it&#8217;s made with a guitar but could just as easily be done with a double bass\/cello, a 2-3 second piece of repeated notes, which call to mind the likes of Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds. It&#8217;s bold and brash and contrasts nicely with the rest of the trancey vibed track. The powerfully emotive bass just snarls out of the track, while the languorous vocals drawl along, with just the faintest edge of anger attached to them. It&#8217;s an attractive track in the best sense of the word; you can&#8217;t help yourself slapping that replay over and over. The perfect track for a lazy laid back summer Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Find King Ropes online on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kingropesband\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/king.ropes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>, and their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingropesband.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official website<\/a>. Stream and download their music from <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/king_ropes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SoundCloud<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/kingropes.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bandcamp<\/a>. Keep an eye on their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingropesband.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tour dates<\/a>, to see if King Ropes are coming to a venue near you.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"California Stars by King Ropes\" 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%2F634584960&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=960&#038;maxwidth=640\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Describing themselves as, a &#8220;psychedelic, hard country garage roots rock band&#8221;, King Ropes&#8217; new single, &#8216;California Stars&#8217; is a ponderous pounding pysch track that has strong overtones of Tom Waits. It&#8217;s from their new album, &#8216;Gravity And Friction&#8217;, which is set for release on July 26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":51573,"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],"tags":[22216,1285,22217,22215,11720,144,370,2721,116,203,2017],"class_list":["post-51501","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","tag-california-stars","tag-garage","tag-gravity-and-friction","tag-king-ropes","tag-lisa-hafey","tag-new-album","tag-new-single","tag-psych","tag-review","tag-rock","tag-roots"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-doF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":61126,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/03\/king-ropes-shine-a-light-on-the-current-world-situation-with-cover-of-classic-ray-charles-song-the-danger-zone\/","url_meta":{"origin":51501,"position":0},"title":"King Ropes Shine A Light On The Current World Situation With Cover Of Classic Ray Charles Song, &#8216;The Danger Zone&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"27\/03\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Back in July last year we brought King Ropes to the attention of EP readers. 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