{"id":7833,"date":"2014-11-08T13:18:36","date_gmt":"2014-11-08T13:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/195.21.21.161\/epop\/?p=7833"},"modified":"2019-03-21T15:16:54","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T15:16:54","slug":"win-best-served-loud-by-lawrence-bray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2014\/11\/win-best-served-loud-by-lawrence-bray\/","title":{"rendered":"Win Lawrence Bray&#8217;s &#8220;Best Served Loud&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Lawrence-Bray.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7817\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2014\/11\/lawrence-bray-exclusive-interview\/processed-with-vscocam-with-a6-preset\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Lawrence-Bray.jpg?fit=1450%2C1450&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1450,1450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1406913638&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Copyright 2014. All rights reserved.&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;33&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Processed with VSCOcam with a6 preset&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lawrence Bray\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Lawrence-Bray.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7817\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Lawrence-Bray.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Processed with VSCOcam with a6 preset\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We recently <a title=\"Exclusive interview with Lawrence Bray\" href=\"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/2014\/11\/04\/exclusive-interview-with-lawrence-bray\/\" target=\"_blank\">chatted to Lawrence<\/a> about his music, his influences, and his plans for the future. We love his sound, which visits the best of Britpop, drops into the 60s, and zooms back to the present day again &#8211; all in quick succession. Lawrence has been playing the live circuit and has recently released his debut EP, &#8220;Best Served Loud&#8221;. He very generously donated a copy for us to give away and so we thought we&#8217;d have a competition! To win, you&#8217;ll have to do a tiny bit of research and answer a few questions!<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Random Ad stuff --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2076862002005673\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"3107208401\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>(1) What band was Lawrence Bray previously the front man for?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>(2) What musical instrument does Lawrence play?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>(3) Why should you win &#8220;Best Served Loud&#8221;?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Send your answers to us via <a href=\"mailto:essentiallypop1@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">email<\/a>, and be sure to follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EssentiallyPop\" target=\"_blank\">@essentiallypop<\/a> on Twitter so we can let you know if you&#8217;ve won! Entries close midnight 15 November.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Check out Lawrence on his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lawrencebray.com\/home\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>, on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lawrencebraytw2\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, and live in concert! Catch him next at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lawrencebray.com\/shows\" target=\"_blank\">Sanctum Hotel<\/a>, Soho, London, on 3 February (ticket details yet to be confirmed).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We recently chatted to Lawrence about his music, his influences, and his plans for the future. We love his sound, which visits the best&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7817,"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":[6067],"tags":[444,270,286,142,430,65,207,443],"class_list":["post-7833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archived-competitions","tag-beatles","tag-competition","tag-ep","tag-itunes","tag-lawrence-bray","tag-london","tag-oasis","tag-win"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-22l","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7816,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2014\/11\/lawrence-bray-exclusive-interview\/","url_meta":{"origin":7833,"position":0},"title":"We Talk to Lawrence Bray","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"04\/11\/2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Lawrence Bray is an independent singer\/songwriter based in London. 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