{"id":61076,"date":"2020-03-24T12:00:45","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T12:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=61076"},"modified":"2020-03-24T12:00:45","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T12:00:45","slug":"aslaug-delights-with-debut-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/03\/aslaug-delights-with-debut-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c1slaug Delights With Debut EP"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Iceland&#8217;s rising star \u00c1slaug is bringing some much needed light into 2020 with her self-titled debut EP. She has put together four tracks for &#8216;\u00c1slaug&#8217;,\u00a0one of which being last year&#8217;s single release &#8216;Take From Me&#8217;.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With a style that channels HAIM or Lykke Li, she makes each track her own with intricate folds of synth melodies or soft, breathy vocals. This time around, &#8216;In My Head&#8217; is the lead single, and we absolutely love its resolute pop drive and punchy tones that leave you singing it for hours.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Newly named one of Deezer&#8217;s Next artists, there is little doubt \u00c1slaug will continue to make her mark this year. Listen to her dreamy EP below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: \u00c1slaug\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/6RJabyWrQIoxTzc7urVQSM?si=1OZ74w5aTdWGEji77igF2A&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iceland&#8217;s rising star \u00c1slaug is bringing some much needed light into 2020 with her self-titled debut EP. She has put together four tracks for &#8216;\u00c1slaug&#8217;, one of which being last year&#8217;s single release &#8216;Take From Me&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":61077,"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],"tags":[22445,5565,6497,939,77,370,1760],"class_list":["post-61076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","tag-aslaug","tag-iceland","tag-icelandic","tag-new-ep","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-self-titled"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-fT6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":47334,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/02\/icelandic-pop-artist-hildur-releases-new-single-1993\/","url_meta":{"origin":61076,"position":0},"title":"Icelandic Pop Artist Hildur Releases New Single \u20181993\u2019","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"27\/02\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"'1993' is the new single from rising Icelandic pop artist, Hildur. 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