{"id":58222,"date":"2019-12-18T09:06:44","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T09:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=58222"},"modified":"2019-12-16T09:43:09","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T09:43:09","slug":"the-essential-advent-calendar-december-18-spin-take-a-new-look-at-christmas-classics-with-carol-of-the-merry-gentlemen-what-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/12\/the-essential-advent-calendar-december-18-spin-take-a-new-look-at-christmas-classics-with-carol-of-the-merry-gentlemen-what-child\/","title":{"rendered":"The Essential Advent Calendar: December 18 &#8211; SPiN Take A New Look At Christmas Classics With &#8216;Carol Of The Merry Gentlemen (What Child?)&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>SPiN are behind door number 18 with their modern take on some classic Christmas songs. Check out &#8216;Carol of the Merry Gentlemen (What Child?)&#8217;, their mash up of &#8216;Carol Of The Bells&#8217;, &#8216;What Child Is This?&#8217;, &#8216;Ring Christmas Bells&#8217;, and &#8216;God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen&#8217;.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The pop\/rock group from Philadelphia PA are of course no strangers to readers of Essentially Pop, we&#8217;ve been covering their music since early 2017. But this is their first Christmas track we&#8217;ve heard and we&#8217;re sure you&#8217;re going to love it just as much as we do!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Find out more about SPiN on their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spinrocks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official website<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/spinrocks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/spinrocks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Watch the video for &#8216;Carol Of The Merry Gentlemen (What Child?)&#8217; below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_47638\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vpzf8e8kNJ8?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=\"SPiN: Carol of the Merry Gentlemen (Christmas Mashup) [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO]\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Vpzf8e8kNJ8\/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>SPiN are behind door number 18 with their modern take on some classic Christmas songs. Check out &#8216;Carol of the Merry Gentlemen (What Child?)&#8217;, their mash up of &#8216;Carol Of The Bells&#8217;, &#8216;What Child Is This?&#8217;, &#8216;Ring Christmas Bells&#8217;, and &#8216;God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58216,"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":[3768,7,9,21453,640],"tags":[23839,470,3938,77,370,4541,79,2425,3787],"class_list":["post-58222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christmas","category-music","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","category-videos","tag-carol-of-the-merry-gentlemen-what-child","tag-christmas","tag-essential-advent-calendar","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-pennsylvania","tag-single","tag-spin","tag-the-essential-advent-calendar"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-f94","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":66291,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/12\/essential-advent-calendar-december-9-north-pole-punk-rock-supergroup-the-myrrhderers-announce-debut-ep-the-myrrhderers-sleigh-christmas\/","url_meta":{"origin":58222,"position":0},"title":"Essential Advent Calendar: December 9 &#8211; 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