{"id":7627,"date":"2014-07-17T14:52:32","date_gmt":"2014-07-17T14:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/195.21.21.161\/epop\/?p=7627"},"modified":"2018-05-27T17:55:55","modified_gmt":"2018-05-27T16:55:55","slug":"introducing-the-scintillas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2014\/07\/introducing-the-scintillas\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing:  The Scintillas"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/the-scintillas1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7628\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2014\/07\/introducing-the-scintillas\/the-scintillas1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/the-scintillas1.jpg?fit=720%2C330&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,330\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"the-scintillas1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/the-scintillas1.jpg?fit=640%2C293&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7628\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/the-scintillas1.jpg?resize=640%2C293&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"the-scintillas1\" width=\"640\" height=\"293\" \/><\/a><strong>Hailing from Epsom in the Surrey Downs, The Scintillas are a quartet you wouldn&#8217;t expect to find in leafy suburbia. But they&#8217;re anything but ordinary.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Influenced by such artists as The Kinks, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, The Police and The Clash, The Scintillas are a Rock Reggae group who deserve to make it big.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Random Ad stuff --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2076862002005673\" data-ad-slot=\"3107208401\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Band members are Nev Evans (lead vocals and guitar), Paul Smart (bass and vocals), Laura Callaghan (also guitar and vox) and Bob Dear, on drums.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Scintillas have been playing for about 1o years, in both large and small venues:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We have played at some big venues ( Islington O2\/ barfly etc), we have been signed, we are published, we have also been sync&#8217;d to film and Playstation. We have even ventured into film making and animation all to try and get out there.&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reverbnation.com\/thescintillas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ReverbNation Bio<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This weekend sees the band playing two festivals, first off <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guilfest.co.uk\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guilfest<\/a> in Guildford, Surrey, on Saturday 19 July, and then <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alburymusicfestival.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Albury Music Festival<\/a> the following day. Guilfest shall feature a set list of all original songs &#8211; some old, some new &#8211; so if you&#8217;ve not tasted The Scintillas yet, you&#8217;re in for a treat!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Catch The Scintillas online on their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thescintillas.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheScintillas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheScintillas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/thescintillasband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/thescintillas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SoundCloud<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reverbnation.com\/thescintillas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ReverbNation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The band make their own videos &#8211; check out the very funny (and eggstraordinarily clever) vid for &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/album\/say-what-you-like-single\/id603666493\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Say What You Like<\/a>&#8220;:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WOrmgybr_tI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent&#038;listType=playlist&#038;list=UUQVJjOmUqG2hh9f-MY-u8xA\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hailing from Epsom in the Surrey Downs, The Scintillas are a quartet you wouldn\u2019t expect to find in leafy suburbia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7628,"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_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_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":[57],"tags":[253,244,254,65,255,178,256,257,258,259],"class_list":["post-7627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-artists","tag-albury-music-festival","tag-guilfest","tag-kings-of-leon","tag-london","tag-surrey","tag-the-beatles","tag-the-clash","tag-the-kinks","tag-the-police","tag-the-scintillas"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-1Z1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":80222,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2023\/02\/come-on-up-for-air-is-the-inspiring-and-motivational-new-single-from-versonic\/","url_meta":{"origin":7627,"position":0},"title":"&#8216;Come On (Up for Air)&#8217; Is The Inspiring And Motivational New Single From Versonic","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"20\/02\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Released 17 February, 'Come On (Up For Air)' is the brand new single from Versonic. 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