{"id":56945,"date":"2019-11-06T18:31:01","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T18:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=56945"},"modified":"2019-11-06T18:31:01","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T18:31:01","slug":"give-it-up-for-bencoolens-new-single","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/11\/give-it-up-for-bencoolens-new-single\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Give It Up&#8217; For Bencoolen&#8217;s New Single"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Washington DCs Bencoolen premiered their latest single, &#8216;Give It Up&#8217;, in Vents Magazine. The follow up to their cover of Tom Misch&#8217;s song, &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/09\/bencoolen-beautiful-escape-tom-misch-cover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beautiful Escape<\/a>&#8216;, which was released in September, the new track also features a video shot in-studio, and the clip starts with black and white shots before transitioning into full colour, as the band establish the pace of the song.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With a distinctive blend of funk and soul meets rock, Bencoolen&#8217;s sound results in a spark that takes off, particularly on stage. It&#8217;s this cohesive electricity, if you will, of their instruments &#8211; drums, guitar, bass, and saxophone, each interlocking while maintaining their individual elements &#8211; which has given them the reputation for being an unmissable event on the DC live music scene.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can find out more about Bencoolen on their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.BencoolenMusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official website<\/a>. Watch the video for &#8216;Give It Up&#8217; below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_70069\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tzwLbKMH7b8?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 - Give It Up (Official Video)\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/tzwLbKMH7b8\/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 premiered their latest single, &#8216;Give It Up&#8217;, in Vents Magazine. The follow up to their cover of Tom Misch&#8217;s song, &#8216;Beautiful Escape&#8217;, which was released in September, the new track also features a video shot in-studio, and the clip starts with black and white shots before transitioning into full colour, as the band establish the pace of the song.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":57004,"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":[7,9,21453,21445,21446,21449,640],"tags":[22896,22894,23404,11720,77,370,1945,116,10677,22895,23405,81,22992,7941],"class_list":["post-56945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","category-reviews","category-single-reviews","category-video-reviews","category-videos","tag-beautiful-escape","tag-bencoolen","tag-give-it-up","tag-lisa-hafey","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-new-video","tag-review","tag-single-review","tag-tom-misch","tag-vents-magazine","tag-video","tag-video-review","tag-washington-dc"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-eOt","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":55900,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/09\/bencoolen-beautiful-escape-tom-misch-cover\/","url_meta":{"origin":56945,"position":0},"title":"Bencoolen &#8211; &#8216;Beautiful Escape&#8217; (Tom Misch cover)","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"30\/09\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"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. 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