{"id":69356,"date":"2021-05-20T11:01:16","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T10:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=69356"},"modified":"2021-05-20T11:28:38","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T10:28:38","slug":"last-giant-idiology-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2021\/05\/last-giant-idiology-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Giant &#8211; &#8216;Idiology&#8217; (live)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Based in Portland, Oregon, rock band Last Giant may well not be the last super tall being on earth, but that&#8217;s not to say their time, status, history, continuity &#8211; and strength &#8211; aren&#8217;t gigantic. Their stance on social justice is also pretty huge as well, and their latest single, &#8216;Idiology&#8217;, doesn&#8217;t mince words. A song about misgovernment, and the need to break through the web of lies that threatens to suffocate the freedom of public discourse in the USA, it&#8217;s following in the giant footsteps of the rock music tradition of protest.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Frontman Ryan Heise makes the authorities aware in no uncertain terms that he&#8217;s onto their game, and he won&#8217;t be silenced. From the thirty minute concert film, &#8216;Live From The Hallowed Halls&#8217;, &#8216;Idiology&#8217; is just one of many topical songs in Last Giant&#8217;s set list. Pointed lyrics from Heise, powerful drums from Matt Wiles, and a bass as loud as thunder from Palmer Cloud, they&#8217;re captured on film by Brian Nelson, who shows the four talented musicians in a beautiful studio, arranged in a circle, with each member paying close attention to what his bandmates are doing, and responding with both creativity and pure force.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Idiology (Live)&#8217; sees Last Giant captured at their intense best, and Heise delivers his words of defiance with conviction and persuasion. Even though it&#8217;s an extract from from &#8216;Hallowed Halls&#8217;, it is certainly well able to stand on its own in testimony to the power of rock and that power as a force for good.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Watch the music video for &#8216;Idiology&#8217; below. You can find out more about Last Giant and their music online on their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lastgiantband.com\/\">official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_78654\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e7h3lCcUAtE?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=\"Last Giant- Idiology- Live From the Hallowed Halls  (Official Music Video)\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/e7h3lCcUAtE\/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>Based in Portland, Oregon, rock band Last Giant may well not be the last super tall being on earth, but that&#8217;s not to say their time, status, history, continuity &#8211; and strength &#8211; aren&#8217;t gigantic. Their stance on social justice is also pretty huge as well, and their latest single, &#8216;Idiology&#8217;, doesn&#8217;t mince words. A song about misgovernment, and the need to break through the web of lies that threatens to suffocate the freedom of public discourse in the USA, it&#8217;s following in the giant footsteps of the rock music tradition of protest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":69373,"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":[27427,9698,11720,77,370,116,10677,81,22992],"class_list":["post-69356","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-idiology-live-from-the-hallowed-halls","tag-last-giant","tag-lisa-hafey","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-review","tag-single-review","tag-video","tag-video-review"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-i2E","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26836,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/04\/last-giant-toys-for-the-devil\/","url_meta":{"origin":69356,"position":0},"title":"Last Giant &#8211; &#8216;Toys For The Devil&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"17\/04\/2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Rather than using computers and tracks, Last Giant, from Portland, Oregon, take in a more traditional approach to their music, and bring their incredible riffs to life both on stage and in the studio. 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