{"id":69545,"date":"2021-06-09T12:48:01","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T11:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=69545"},"modified":"2021-05-26T11:29:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T10:29:31","slug":"escapism-at-its-finest-leo-sawikins-row-me-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2021\/06\/escapism-at-its-finest-leo-sawikins-row-me-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Escapism At Its Finest: Leo Sawikin\u2019s &#8216;Row Me Away&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Leo Sawikin\u2019s \u2018Row Me Away\u2019 is escapism at its finest. This is a fact that becomes apparent with his upcoming single, \u2018Row Me Away\u2019, which speaks to escaping to a world which is familiar but new at the same time.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of the song, Leo says \u201cI was trying to go for a very visual type of song when I wrote this. I wanted to evoke a feeling of blasting away from earth or from our universe in search of something brand new and entirely different.\u201d Again, he speaks to this timeless notion, from the lyrics to the chord progression. \u201cUsing unique but familiar chord progressions like this is a great way to lay the groundwork for songs that feel nostalgic and brand new at the same time&#8230; when most people \u2018row away\u2019 somewhere, they\u2019re not just looking for a new world, but ideally a place where the familiar is accessible.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Leo Sawikin\" 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\/artist\/4DPE76iPFUZzRhXQPquaWn?si=j930YmgeQt65taHhopKKrQ&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leo Sawikin\u2019s \u2018Row Me Away\u2019 is escapism at its finest. This is a fact that becomes apparent with his upcoming single, \u2018Row Me Away\u2019, which speaks to escaping to a world which is familiar but new at the same time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":69546,"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],"tags":[27414,77,370,18471,116,27477,10677],"class_list":["post-69545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","category-reviews","category-single-reviews","tag-leo-sawikin","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-polly-havelock","tag-review","tag-row-me-away","tag-single-review"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-i5H","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":70799,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2021\/08\/leo-sawikin-stands-out-on-his-latest-offering-row-me-away\/","url_meta":{"origin":69545,"position":0},"title":"Leo Sawikin stands out on his latest offering, \u2018Row Me Away\u2019","author":"Polly Havelock","date":"12\/08\/2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Leo Sawikin has just released a track which stands out amongst the rest of the singer-songwriter world, in the form of \u2018Row Me Away\u2019. 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