{"id":41617,"date":"2016-02-24T02:22:05","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T08:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=41617"},"modified":"2016-03-01T18:40:12","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T00:40:12","slug":"emily-wells-promise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2016\/02\/24\/emily-wells-promise\/","title":{"rendered":"Emily Wells: Promise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright wp-image-41618\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/promise-full-size_sq-ec21c92558564ff54855cef1ad414c07fb944aa5-s300-c85.jpg?fit=300%2C300\" alt=\"promise-full-size_sq-ec21c92558564ff54855cef1ad414c07fb944aa5-s300-c85\" width=\"260\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/promise-full-size_sq-ec21c92558564ff54855cef1ad414c07fb944aa5-s300-c85.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/promise-full-size_sq-ec21c92558564ff54855cef1ad414c07fb944aa5-s300-c85-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/promise-full-size_sq-ec21c92558564ff54855cef1ad414c07fb944aa5-s300-c85-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>Emily Wells, who is trained mostly on the violin, combines classical instruments and brings in guitar, drums, synth, and more with contemporary editing on <em>Promise<\/em>. Her voice is similar to Sharon Van Etten, but she brings in some hip hop a la FKA Twigs in the instrumentation.<\/p>\n<p><em>Promise\u00a0<\/em>is the sort of album best listened to several times before forming an opinion. The music is complex and each listen brings new understanding of Wells\u2019 musicianship and intention. &#8220;Come to Me&#8221; is <em>Promise<\/em>\u2019s standout track; it is shorter than most of the other songs, which tend to fall between the five to seven minute mark, and is also accessible and catchy.<br \/>\n<b><br \/>\nRecommended If You Like: Joanna Newsom, Sharon Van Etten, FKA Twigs<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Recommended Tracks: 6 (Come to Me), 7 (Fallin In On It)<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Do Not Play: None<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Written by Liz James on 02\/24\/16 <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Promise employs classical instruments along with hip-hop backtracks for a classical yet current sound.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1636,"featured_media":41618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3235,3230,181],"tags":[4369,4227,4370],"class_list":["post-41617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-music-reviews","category-new-music-rotation","category-rock-rotation","tag-emily-wells","tag-liz-james","tag-promise"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/promise-full-size_sq-ec21c92558564ff54855cef1ad414c07fb944aa5-s300-c85.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1636"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}