{"id":93419,"date":"2025-11-21T11:05:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T11:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=93419"},"modified":"2025-11-21T11:05:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T11:05:46","slug":"minnesotas-hollow-star-is-calling-out-to-god-any-god-so-long-as-they-answer-in-seconds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2025\/11\/minnesotas-hollow-star-is-calling-out-to-god-any-god-so-long-as-they-answer-in-seconds\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota&#8217;s Hollow Star Is Calling Out To God &#8211; Any God, So Long As They Answer &#8211; In &#8216;Seconds&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Right from the start of &#8216;Seconds&#8217; you can tell that Hollow Star loves The Police. The jangly staccato lead guitar notes and pounding drums are soon accompanied by a surf-rock style rhythm guitar, and the result is simply superb.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s impossible to resist bopping out to this track; equally, it&#8217;s impossible to listen to it only once. Hollow Star, government name Micah Lopez, has been making music since he was a teen, and it shows. Out of Minneapolis, Minnesota, his skill is phenomenal, he clearly knows his instruments inside and out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;Seconds&#8217;, from Hollow Star&#8217;s upcoming debut EP, &#8216;Listen&#8217; (set for release on the 9th of January), sees him calling out to God &#8211; any God &#8211; just so long as they answer him. He&#8217;s fed up with the conversations being one sided; why does it always have to be him putting in the hard work, when God&#8217;s the one who&#8217;s apparently all-powerful? Everybody&#8217;s always trying to teach him about God, that theirs is the best, and that they know this to be true: but until he gets an answer, he&#8217;s not having any of that. It&#8217;s a sobering thought, and certainly one worth considering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Listen to &#8216;Seconds&#8217; below, and find out more about Hollow Star and their music online on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HollowStarMusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hollowstarmusic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>. 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