{"id":1596,"date":"2020-03-04T02:07:39","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T02:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/?p=1596"},"modified":"2020-03-04T02:07:42","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T02:07:42","slug":"the-season-of-love-ushers-in-new-emotional-jams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/?p=1596","title":{"rendered":"The Season of Love Ushers in New Emotional Jams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Jimmy Newsum<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the\nspring season of love approaches, our favorite indie artists are pulling out\nsome of their most gut-wrenching jams, guaranteed to pull at your\nheartstrings.&nbsp;&nbsp; Get out the\ntissues for your issues.&nbsp; Here are\nthe top tracks and remixes climbing the music charts this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Barracuda<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kristine W (The Orchard)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the\nhelp of her producer, John Keenan, Kristine W manages to reframe this classic\nrock single, first released in 1977 by Heart, into a modern-day gem.&nbsp; They brilliantly keep the song\u2019s\noriginal magic while adding a bit of dance influence into the production. The\noriginal was written as a testament to Heart&#8217;s anger towards the music\nindustry.&nbsp; Kristine decided to add\nit to her Issues Episode 1: Love and Lies album because its message fit\nperfectly with the vibe of her album.&nbsp;\nThe biggest challenge as matching Ann Wilson\u2019s incredible vocals.&nbsp; Wilson was 18 when she recorded the\nHeart single, hitting notes in the stratosphere. Kristine admits it took her\nthree sessions but she nails it big time.&nbsp;\nThis is one of her standout singles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t Leave Too Soon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wils (AWOL)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Singapore\npop singing sensation Wils \u2014 who revealed he was gay last year with his single,\n\u201cOpen Up Babe\u201d \u2014 is back with a new album, Don\u2019t Leave Too Soon.&nbsp; It features twelve inspiring tracks\nthat shed light on the darker side of the rainbow.&nbsp; Songs like \u201cHave To Let You Go\u201d (about his friend committing\nsuicide) and \u201cHurting\u201d (about a friend who loses his husband to illness)\nreflect on all aspects of loss: the emptiness, hopelessness and rejection, as\nwell as the courage and strength it takes to persevere after saying\ngoodbye.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; His uplifting\nmessages throughout this impressively produced album is a reminder to reach out\nto friends who may be in trouble and make sure they are okay.&nbsp; \u201cComo Tu,\u201d a song about living your\nauthentic self despite what others think of you \u2014 that Wils sings in Spanish! \u2014\nis a particularly moving track that will make hearts gush.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cPieces: The Remixes\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Avery Raquel (GKM)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This\nteenaged contemporary soul phenomenon makes her club music chart debut with the\nincredible StoneBridge remix of her pop song, \u201cPieces,\u201d the second single from\nher My Heart Away album.&nbsp; Much like\nTaylor Swift\u2019s best tracks, the emotion from the song stems from Avery\u2019s own\nexperience getting out of a relationship gone bad and reminds listeners that if\nyou feel the need to remind yourself to be happy, then the relationship is\ntoxic. The song has an 80\u2019s Debbie Gibson retro sound with its horns and\nswinging beat.&nbsp; StoneBridge\nartfully keeps many of the magical elements from the radio edit yet makes the\nsong his own with a high-energy beat.&nbsp;\n\u201cPieces\u201d is different from any other tracks playing on dance floors\ntoday and that is what makes it so special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cMissing Half\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Project Moses<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The out\nsinger explores the tumultuous relationship he had with his now deceased father\nin this, his first single from his new visual album, Better Man.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The ominous ballad is a\nlove letter to his dad, meant to convey the sometimes-conflicting feelings many\nof us have for the people who raised us.&nbsp;\nProject Moses remembers his father as a strict disciplinarian who he\nadmired and mimicked to earn his love.&nbsp;\nBut as Project Moses matured and he could no longer ignore his truth, he\nsays their values began to clash.&nbsp;\nThe music video echoes the melancholy tone of the single.&nbsp; Shot mostly in black and white, it\ndepicts Project Moses wandering in New York City. Everywhere he goes, he is\nhaunted by shadows of his father.&nbsp;\nIt\u2019s a beautiful piece of work with a hopeful message that reminds us\nthat our missing halves can be found within us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jimmy Newsum As the spring season of love approaches, our favorite indie artists are pulling out some of their most gut-wrenching jams, guaranteed to pull at your heartstrings.&nbsp;&nbsp; Get out the tissues for your issues.&nbsp; Here are the top tracks and remixes climbing the music charts this month. Barracuda Kristine W (The Orchard) With the help of her producer, John Keenan, Kristine W manages to reframe this classic rock single, first released in 1977 by Heart, into a modern-day gem.&nbsp; They brilliantly keep the song\u2019s original magic while adding a bit of dance influence into the production. The original was written as a testament to Heart&#8217;s anger towards the music industry.&nbsp; Kristine decided to add it to her Issues Episode 1: Love and Lies album because its message fit perfectly with the vibe of her album.&nbsp; The biggest challenge as matching Ann Wilson\u2019s incredible vocals.&nbsp; Wilson was 18 when she recorded the Heart single, hitting notes in the stratosphere. Kristine admits it took her three sessions but she nails it big time.&nbsp; This is one of her standout singles. Don\u2019t Leave Too Soon Wils (AWOL) Singapore pop singing sensation Wils \u2014 who revealed he was gay last year with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1597,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[735],"tags":[2233,36,32,2234,2232],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1596"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1596"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1598,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1596\/revisions\/1598"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}