{"id":21096,"date":"2011-03-30T09:01:58","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T13:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.frostclick.com\/wp\/?p=21096"},"modified":"2012-10-31T16:25:55","modified_gmt":"2012-10-31T20:25:55","slug":"greg-houwer-sauna-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frostclick.com\/wp\/index.php\/2011\/03\/30\/greg-houwer-sauna-planet\/","title":{"rendered":"Greg Houwer: Sauna Planet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pop rock indie artist, <strong>Greg Houwer<\/strong>, has recently released his 12 track full length album entitled, <strong>Sauna Planet<\/strong>. The album is a mix of pop rock with a slightly trippy, almost psychedelic vibe. It&#8217;s released and made available online by WM Recordings.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the songs are accompanied with simple acoustic guitars, percussions and melodic low-pitch vocals. I won&#8217;t recommend this record if you dislike anything that could potentially lull you to sleep. The entire feel of the album is that of a laid back compilation that you might want to play as background music if you are drifting off to sleep in your hammock.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The record opens up with the title track, <em>Sauna Planet<\/em>. The song is rather short, clocking in at 2 minutes or so and features downplayed singing from Houwer. It has a semi-upbeat sound and sprinkled with random samples here and there. Meanwhile, tracks like <em>Pee-Pee-Maw-Maw and Wrote a Song for You<\/em> have that classic 90s vibe to it. The scratchy quality and the incomprehensible or semi-garbled lyrics add a layer of grunge to the otherwise pop track.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"550\" height=\"26\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\"><param value=\"true\" name=\"allowfullscreen\"\/><param value=\"always\" name=\"allowscriptaccess\"\/><param value=\"high\" name=\"quality\"\/><param value=\"true\" name=\"cachebusting\"\/><param value=\"#000000\" name=\"bgcolor\"\/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/flow\/flowplayer.commercial-3.2.1.swf\" \/><param value=\"config={'key':'#$aa4baff94a9bdcafce8','playlist':[{'url':'WM113-01.mp3','autoPlay':false},'WM113-02.mp3','WM113-03.mp3','WM113-04.mp3','WM113-05.mp3','WM113-06.mp3','WM113-07.mp3','WM113-08.mp3','WM113-09.mp3','WM113-10.mp3','WM113-11.mp3','WM113-12.mp3'],'clip':{'autoPlay':true,'baseUrl':'http:\/\/www.archive.org\/download\/WM113\/'},'canvas':{'backgroundColor':'#000000','backgroundGradient':'none'},'plugins':{'audio':{'url':'http:\/\/www.archive.org\/flow\/flowplayer.audio-3.2.1-dev.swf'},'controls':{'playlist':true,'fullscreen':false,'height':26,'backgroundColor':'#000000','autoHide':{'fullscreenOnly':true},'scrubberHeightRatio':0.6,'timeFontSize':9,'mute':false,'top':0}},'contextMenu':[{},'-','Flowplayer v3.2.1']}\" name=\"flashvars\"\/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><em>I Want You But Only Forever <\/em>is a slow tempo acoustic cut that exudes an eerie feel thanks to the deep vocals and the weird whisper-like background. It&#8217;s a lovely track though that has hints of <em>Morrissey <\/em>intertwined in it. Another quiet cut is <em>Waltzing in the Dark<\/em>. It&#8217;s a beautiful song that mixes harmonica and the staple low-key vocals from Houwer.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, even though there are some tracks better skipped out. Much of it is pretty good. If you want the perfect soundtrack to a lazy Saturday morning, then you&#8217;ll find a couple of tracks here worth checking out.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nRelated Links:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/greghouwer\" target=\"_blank\">Greg Houwer on Myspace<\/a><br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wmrecordings.com\/free-downloads\/wm113-greg-houwer-sauna-planet\/\" target=\"_blank\">Greg Houwer on WM Recordings<\/a><br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vi.be\/greghouwer\" target=\"_blank\">Greg Houwer on Vi. Be<\/a><br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/WM113\" target=\"_blank\">Greg Houwer on Archive.Org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"license\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/3.0\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-width: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.creativecommons.org\/l\/by-nc-sa\/3.0\/88x31.png?w=1200\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThis work is licensed under a <a rel=\"license\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/3.0\/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"frost-2523376847\" class=\"gas_fallback-ad_98517--placement_102160\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-9536139424546116\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9536139424546116\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5501023798\" \ndata-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pop rock indie artist, Greg Houwer, has recently released his 12 track full length album entitled, Sauna Planet. The album is a mix of pop rock with a slightly trippy, almost psychedelic vibe. It&#8217;s released and made available online by WM Recordings.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the songs are accompanied with simple acoustic guitars, percussions and melodic low-pitch vocals. I won&#8217;t recommend this record if you dislike anything that could potentially lull you to sleep. The entire feel of the album is that of a laid back compilation that you might want to play as background music if you are drifting off to sleep in your hammock.<\/p>\n<p>So if this is what you are looking for, then look no further than this compilation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8289,"featured_media":21187,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[298,310,3,292,293],"tags":[1096,1391,107,1010,4268,3659,4269],"class_list":["post-21096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alternative-pop","category-folk-music-audio","category-audio","category-pop-music-audio","category-pop-rock","tag-free-album-download","tag-free-creative-commons-album","tag-free-music","tag-free-music-download","tag-greg-houwer","tag-open-source-music","tag-sauna-planet"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.frostclick.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/greg-200-x-200.jpg?fit=200%2C200&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pjw7s-5ug","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frostclick.com\/wp\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frostclick.com\/wp\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frostclick.com\/wp\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frostclick.com\/wp\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8289"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frostclick.com\/wp\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.frostclick.com\/wp\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frostclick.com\/wp\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frostclick.com\/wp\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frostclick.com\/wp\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frostclick.com\/wp\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}