{"id":53234,"date":"2019-09-05T14:32:49","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T14:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=53234"},"modified":"2019-09-05T14:32:49","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T14:32:49","slug":"imposter-ep-is-an-honest-ode-to-self-love-and-acceptance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/09\/imposter-ep-is-an-honest-ode-to-self-love-and-acceptance\/","title":{"rendered":"Imposter EP Is An Honest Ode To Self-Love And Acceptance"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Jonatha Brooke is back with her latest effort in a long line of successful musical releases. Having spent time working with Katy Perry and writing songs for Disney, it\u2019s about time that this Massachusetts-born singer-songwriter took some time out to write for herself, and with her new EP Imposter, Brooke achieves this and so much more.<\/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;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Imposter<\/em> is an EP with a strong focus on self-acceptance and loving your own imperfections, carried off in the theatrical travelling band feel which so defines this record.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kicking off with the title track, the lyrical content of this EP immediately sets out its key themes of unconditional self-love and acceptance of the imperfections you see in yourself, a poignant message for today\u2019s climate and one which should come as welcome reassurance for any listener. \u2018Imposter\u2019 is an ode to Brooke\u2019s inner critic, a humble admitting to being a sufferer of imposter syndrome, and a truly relatable piece of music. The instrumentation is simple and stripped back, as it is for the majority of the EP, allowing Brooke\u2019s intellectual and confessional lyrics to take centre stage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next track, \u2018Fire\u2019 continues in a similar vein, making use of this thrown-together feel as if Jonatha is leading a band through the streets, gathering musicians along the way. She tells us that \u201cit\u2019s real\u201d as if we needed any more reassurance that these lyrics were coming directly from her heart. We are drawn more and more into her world and invited to display our own weird imperfections &#8211; coincidentally, it is these which make us perfect &#8211; alongside Jonatha\u2019s own.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018Twilight\u2019 is a departure from the pair of self-assured upbeat songs which opens the album, and Jonatha illustrates for us now that there is also strength in vulnerability as she shows off her softer side. The lyrics are once again the take away from this track as she confesses her \u201cimperfect\u201d love and makes use of a whole host of gorgeous imagery in this very real, very honest love song.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last two tracks \u2018Revenge\u2019 and \u2018True to You\u2019 are perfect choices to round off this very unique EP. We feel treated to have this access into Jonatha\u2019s private thoughts and feelings and the EP ends with a heartfelt plea to the greater powers about with sincerity and emotionally-charged instrumentation, with the same powerful and impressive lyrical ingenuity which Brooke has proven she has throughout this entire offering.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Listen to the audio for title track Imposter below!<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uxbjqGiSFhI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jonatha Brooke is back with her latest effort in a long line of successful musical releases. Having spent time working with Katy Perry and writing songs for Disney, it\u2019s about time that this Massachusetts-born singer-songwriter took some time out to write for herself, and with her new EP Imposter, Brooke achieves this and so much more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":53235,"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":[21448,7,21455,9,21445,640],"tags":[1813,22605,22604,77,18471,116,81],"class_list":["post-53234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","category-music","category-new-albums","category-new-releases","category-reviews","category-videos","tag-album-review","tag-imposter","tag-jonatha-brooke","tag-new-release","tag-polly-havelock","tag-review","tag-video"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-dQC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":56029,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/10\/live-review-jonatha-brooke-the-islington-london-28-09-19\/","url_meta":{"origin":53234,"position":0},"title":"Live Review: Jonatha Brooke, The Islington, London, 28\/09\/19","author":"Polly Havelock","date":"01\/10\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Merging expressive folk, melodic pop and edgy rock, singer, songwriter and musician Jonatha Brooke took to London\u2019s prestigious The Islington for a headlining gig that showcased a selection of songs that spanned the course of Brooke\u2019s two decade long back catalogue.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Gig Reviews&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Gig Reviews","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/gig-reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/JonathaBrooke_London2019_1200x1200_2.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/JonathaBrooke_London2019_1200x1200_2.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/JonathaBrooke_London2019_1200x1200_2.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/JonathaBrooke_London2019_1200x1200_2.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/JonathaBrooke_London2019_1200x1200_2.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":56994,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/11\/jonatha-brookes-confessional-ep-is-years-in-the-making\/","url_meta":{"origin":53234,"position":1},"title":"Jonatha Brooke&#8217;s Confessional EP Is Years In The Making","author":"Polly Havelock","date":"06\/11\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The new release from Jonatha Brooke might be years in the making. 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