{"id":57573,"date":"2013-02-09T09:01:57","date_gmt":"2013-02-09T14:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.frostclick.com\/wp\/?p=57573"},"modified":"2013-02-08T14:18:49","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T19:18:49","slug":"hella-better-dancer-living-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frostclick.com\/wp\/index.php\/2013\/02\/09\/hella-better-dancer-living-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Hella Better Dancer: Living Room"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For a compilation that was recorded at home using a laptop microphone, <strong>Living Room<\/strong> is a pretty decent little EP. Echoing an indie female version of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cat_Power\" target=\"_blank\">Cat Power<\/a> or even <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PJ_Harvey\" target=\"_blank\">PJ Harvey<\/a>, the songs are essentially quiet yet powerful dreamy reveries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hella Better Dancer<\/strong> is a UK-based four piece crew that&#8217;s fairly new in the scene. Even though they emerged only a couple of years ago, their sound is well-beyond their years.<\/p>\n<p>This is the latest release from the band and it&#8217;s the first they&#8217;re offering for free download. The first two, <a href=\"http:\/\/hellabetterdancer.bandcamp.com\/album\/please-stay-here-2010\" target=\"_blank\">Please Stay Here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/hellabetterdancer.bandcamp.com\/album\/swimming-2011\" target=\"_blank\">Swimming<\/a>, are both available for purchase.<!--more--><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;\" src=\"http:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/v=2\/album=563712776\/size=venti\/bgcol=FFFFFF\/linkcol=4285BB\/\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"400\" height=\"100\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Yes, there are only four tracks on this one and it doesn&#8217;t go further than 10 minutes but what the album lacks in quantity makes up for in quality. Every single one of the songs here has that special touch; making them relatable and easily enjoyable.<\/p>\n<p>Starting off the short compilation is the one-minute plus cut, <em>Brother<\/em>. The song is soft and slightly hazy with great vocal work coming from Tilly. It&#8217;s simple and the lyrics are very minimal, just one line sung in a loop but the sound that emanates is mesmerizing and makes you want to stop and listen. Meanwhile, <em>After School<\/em>, is an equally catchy single that infuses narrative lyrics and a slightly nu-folk sound. It&#8217;s also one of the more upbeat cuts on the EP.<\/p>\n<p><em>Last Song<\/em> is the longest on the EP and it definitely delights the listeners. It&#8217;s a bit more ambitious compared to the other tracks with various instruments joining in apart from the dominant guitars. Closing off the record is <em>B2<\/em>, a quiet and ethereal sounding cut that carries the listeners into a dreamland.<\/p>\n<p>This is probably one of the best EP&#8217;s that I&#8217;ve listened to in quite a while. It&#8217;s rare to make listeners like one track after another but the band manages to pull it off. Every single track is charming and quite infectious. Take a listen and see if you like it too.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br clear=\"all\" \/>Related Links:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/hellabetterdancer.bandcamp.com\/album\/living-room\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Hella Better Dancer on BandCamp<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hellabetterdancer\/info\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Hella Better Dancer on Facebook<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/hellabetterdancer.tumblr.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Hella Better Dancer on on Tumblr<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/hellabetter\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Hella Better Dancer on Twitter<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/hella-better-dancer\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Hella Better Dancer on SoundCloud<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"frost-75513801\" 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>For a compilation that was recorded at home using a laptop microphone, Living Room is a pretty decent little EP. Echoing an indie female version of Cat Power or even PJ Harvey, the songs are essentially quiet yet powerful dreamy reveries.<\/p>\n<p>Hella Better Dancer is a UK-based four piece crew that&#8217;s fairly new in the scene. Even though they emerged only a couple of years ago, their sound is well-beyond their years.<\/p>\n<p>This is the latest release from the band and it&#8217;s the first they&#8217;re offering for free download. The first two, Please Stay Here and Swimming, are both available for purchase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8289,"featured_media":57662,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[289,310,5454,3,292],"tags":[8382,1096,1010,8381,8380,8379,6774],"class_list":["post-57573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acoustic-music-audio","category-folk-music-audio","category-indie-audio","category-audio","category-pop-music-audio","tag-carla-bruni","tag-free-album-download","tag-free-music-download","tag-hella-better-dancer","tag-living-room","tag-please-stay-here","tag-swimming"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.frostclick.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/living-room-200-x-200.jpg?fit=200%2C200&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pjw7s-eYB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frostclick.com\/wp\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57573","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=57573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.frostclick.com\/wp\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frostclick.com\/wp\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frostclick.com\/wp\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frostclick.com\/wp\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frostclick.com\/wp\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}