{"id":59242,"date":"2020-01-22T15:57:35","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T15:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=59242"},"modified":"2020-01-22T22:49:31","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T22:49:31","slug":"solos-unsolved-mysteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/01\/solos-unsolved-mysteries\/","title":{"rendered":"SoloS &#8211; &#8216;Unsolved Mysteries&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Aaron Ross and Spencer Seim were once upon a time in the massively popular group, Hella. The pair have been friends, and fans of each other&#8217;s music, since their teens, going all the way back to the 1990s. Coming together as SoloS, the duo released their debut album &#8216;Beast Of Both Worlds&#8217; in 2012, which they then immediately followed up by recording a 6 track EP of demos. For whatever reason, the EP was never released&#8230;until now. &#8216;SoloS&#8217; will be released on April 17 through Dowd Records.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Unsolved Mysteries&#8217;, first track from &#8216;SoloS&#8217;, calls to mind They Might Be Giants, particularly their song, &#8216;Birdhouse In Your Soul&#8217;. It&#8217;s a punk pop style song with a deceptive vocal which although quite languid in tempo feels somewhat faster because of the rapid fire instrumental. Every segment of the instrumental is working to their own pace &#8211; guitars slashing as if they&#8217;re the only musicians in the room; bass undulating, up down up down the fretboard; drums keeping a marching beat; synth and keyboard rhythms darting in and out &#8211; all in all it sounds a seeming disparity yet nonetheless all the separate elements work together in a cohesive whole: the result is rather splendid.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Production is kept to a minimum, allowing the rawness of the track to shine through, and it&#8217;s brilliant. &#8216;Unsolved Mysteries&#8217; is a track that deserves to be turned up to eleven and listened to through headphones so you can pull apart the different layers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can find out more about SoloS online on their <a href=\"https:\/\/solosmusic.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bandcamp<\/a> page, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/solosband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to &#8216;Unsolved Mysteries&#8217;:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SoloS - &quot;Unsolved Mysteries&quot; by Team Clermont\" 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%2F709410934&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=960&#038;maxwidth=640\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aaron Ross and Spencer Seim were once upon a time in the massively popular group, Hella. The pair have been friends, and fans of each other&#8217;s music, since their teens, going all the way back to the 1990s. Coming together as SoloS, the duo released their debut album &#8216;Beast Of Both Worlds&#8217; in 2012, which they then immediately followed up by recording a 6 track EP of demos. For whatever reason, the EP was never released&#8230;until now. &#8216;SoloS&#8217; will be released on April 17 through Dowd Records.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":59272,"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":[11720,77,370,1945,10677,24098,24099,22992],"class_list":["post-59242","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-lisa-hafey","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-new-video","tag-single-review","tag-solos","tag-unsolved-mysteries","tag-video-review"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-fpw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":75690,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2022\/05\/brighton-based-soul-singer-quentin-releases-debut-single-love-shot\/","url_meta":{"origin":59242,"position":0},"title":"Brighton Based Soul Singer  Quentin Releases Debut Single, &#8216;Love Shot&#8217;\u00a0","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"25\/05\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Set for release on 27 May, 'Love Shot' is the debut solo single from soul singer, Quentin.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Music","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Quentin-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Quentin-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Quentin-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Quentin-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Quentin-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":81816,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2023\/05\/nia-lexo-releases-incredible-sailor-moon-inspired-album-the-senshi\/","url_meta":{"origin":59242,"position":1},"title":"Nia Lexo Releases Incredible Sailor Moon Inspired Album, &#8216;THE SENSHI&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"22\/05\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Out now, 'The Senshi' is the debut solo album from Nia Lexo. 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