{"id":44371,"date":"2016-04-12T12:45:23","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T17:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=44371"},"modified":"2016-04-12T12:48:02","modified_gmt":"2016-04-12T17:48:02","slug":"toughies-sweet-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2016\/04\/12\/toughies-sweet-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"Toughies: Sweet Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-44353\" src=\"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/a3888403703_16-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"a3888403703_16\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" \/>The always lovely pop rock group from Lawrence, Toughies, have been busy, releasing an\u00a0EP this spring with four new brand new tracks titled <em>Sweet Dream,<\/em>\u00a0after just releasing the six song EP\u00a0<em>Tough Enough<\/em> last year.\u00a0In this new release\u00a0Toughies have sweetened and softened from their previous indie rock n\u2019 roll vibe. To say the least, it sounds pretty fantastic. With this fresh new style they\u2019ve written a tender collection of summer tunes that capture their heartfelt lyrics beautifully.<\/p>\n<p>The EP jumps out of the gate with the spitefully swung track \u201cStone Cold\u201d and slow burns all the way into the poppiest song of the album, &#8220;Closer To Heaven.&#8221; Out of the smolder of a driving guitar solo and crying vocals, the second track \u201cTuesday\u201d arrives, revealing\u00a0Toughies\u2019 gentle\u00a0side and acting as the staple of the EP. The most surprising song \u00a0is the last track, titled \u201cCloser to Heaven.\u201d Having been a fan of Toughies rowdy live shows after seeing them several times, it was stunning to hear a track\u00a0so delicate and lovely,\u00a0much in the same vein as &#8220;Tuesday.&#8221; <em>Sweet Dream<\/em> is\u00a0a four track EP that can be spun over and over again; get out there, check it, and support your fellow Lawrencians, Toughies!<br \/>\n<b><br \/>\nRecommended If You Like: Father John Misty, Flight of the Conchords, Devendra Banhart<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Recommended Tracks: 2 (Tuesday), 4 (Closer to Heaven), 1 (Stone Cold)<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Do Not Play: None<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Written by Kerry Thomas on 04\/12\/16 <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a fresh new style, Lawrence&#8217;s Toughies has written a tender collection of summer tunes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7979,"featured_media":44482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,4,3235,3230,181],"tags":[4837,86,4839,2990],"class_list":["post-44371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-music","category-music","category-music-reviews","category-new-music-rotation","category-rock-rotation","tag-kerry-thomas","tag-lawrence","tag-sweet-dream","tag-toughies"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Toughies-e1460483207708.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44371","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\/7979"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}