{"id":62201,"date":"2020-05-11T11:54:17","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T10:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=62201"},"modified":"2020-05-11T11:54:17","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T10:54:17","slug":"icelandic-shoegaze-post-rock-collective-var-unveil-new-music-video-moments-the-never-ending-year-out-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/05\/icelandic-shoegaze-post-rock-collective-var-unveil-new-music-video-moments-the-never-ending-year-out-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Icelandic Shoegaze\/Post-Rock Collective VAR Unveil New Music Video &#8216;Moments&#8217;; &#8216;The Never-Ending Year&#8217; Out Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Reykjav\u00edk Iceland emotional post-rock collective VAR is debuting a gorgeous new video for &#8216;Moments&#8217;, a track from their critically-acclaimed new album, &#8216;The Never-Ending Year&#8217;, out now via Spartan Records.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Moments&#8217; was shot in the town of Stokkseyri, about an hour outside of Reykjavik on the southern coast of Iceland, at the country&#8217;s only existing organ workshop (which happens to be owned by the father of brothers and bandmates J\u00fal\u00edus \u00d3ttar and Egill Bj\u00f6rgvinsson).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stream &#8216;The Never-Ending Year&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/orcd.co\/theneverendingyear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_66013\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" 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