{"id":55900,"date":"2019-09-30T11:59:32","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T10:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=55900"},"modified":"2019-09-30T12:07:14","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T11:07:14","slug":"bencoolen-beautiful-escape-tom-misch-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/09\/bencoolen-beautiful-escape-tom-misch-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"Bencoolen &#8211; &#8216;Beautiful Escape&#8217; (Tom Misch cover)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Washington DCs Bencoolen have a distinct funk-soul sound that sets them apart from the rest of the artists in the burgeoning music scene in the US national capitol. Describing their sound as &#8220;maximalist rock&#8221;, their latest single, a cover of Tom Misch&#8217;s song, &#8216;Beautiful Escape&#8217;, is out now.<\/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;\">Bencoolen&#8217;s music will feel instantly familiar to lovers of 70s and 80s rock and soul, and the five members of the group contribute equally to the sound, with guitar, drums, bass, and sax all sharing the space, interlocking, calling and responding, making their presence felt. It should come as no surprise that their live performance is exciting and an almost incomparable experience.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The video for &#8216;Beautiful Escape&#8217; was shot at the Ivakota recording studios, and is just bare bones and no frills, ensuring we&#8217;re not distracted by anything, and focus purely on the sound &#8211; the powerful vocals, and exquisitely talented musical performance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can find out more about Bencoolen from their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bencoolenmusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official website<\/a>. Watch the video for &#8216;Beautiful Escape&#8217; below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_61771\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y71iI6DUKjc?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=\"Bencoolen - Beautiful Escape (Official Cover Video)\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/y71iI6DUKjc\/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>Washington DCs Bencoolen have a distinct funk-soul sound that sets them apart from the rest of the artists in the burgeoning music scene in the US national capitol. Describing their sound as &#8220;maximalist rock&#8221;, their latest single, a cover of Tom Misch&#8217;s song, &#8216;Beautiful Escape&#8217;, is out now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":56003,"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":[7,57,9,21453,21445,21446,21449,640],"tags":[22896,22894,228,1320,11720,77,370,203,13641,22895,7941],"class_list":["post-55900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-artists","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","category-reviews","category-single-reviews","category-video-reviews","category-videos","tag-beautiful-escape","tag-bencoolen","tag-cover","tag-funk","tag-lisa-hafey","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-rock","tag-soft-rock","tag-tom-misch","tag-washington-dc"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-exC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":56945,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/11\/give-it-up-for-bencoolens-new-single\/","url_meta":{"origin":55900,"position":0},"title":"&#8216;Give It Up&#8217; For Bencoolen&#8217;s New Single","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"06\/11\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Washington DCs Bencoolen premiered their latest single, 'Give It Up', in Vents Magazine. 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