{"id":56042,"date":"2017-03-01T11:41:41","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T17:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=56042"},"modified":"2017-03-01T11:41:41","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T17:41:41","slug":"harrison-brome-fill-your-brians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2017\/03\/01\/harrison-brome-fill-your-brians\/","title":{"rendered":"Harrison Brome: Fill Your Brians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium alignright wp-image-56043\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/harrison-brome-fill-your-brains.jpg?fit=300%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/harrison-brome-fill-your-brains.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/harrison-brome-fill-your-brains-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/harrison-brome-fill-your-brains-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><em>Fill Your Brains<\/em>, Harrison Brome\u2019s EP, marks his first ever release under the NETTWERK label. Filled with mostly down-tempo, moody, genre-blending contemporary R&amp;B, Brome\u2019s EP does not overstay its welcome with six well-defined tracks. Each song on the album is vastly different than the previous one, leaving something for each type of listener.<\/p>\n<p>Brome\u2019s rich, crooning voice glides over each track, shifting to adapt to the instrumentation backing his vocals. Opening track, \u201cFill Your Brains\u201d is a sparse ballad with a dusty drum machine-lead beat, reminiscent of Beach House\u2019s self-titled record. \u201cMidnight Island\u201d is the most upbeat track amongst the bunch, with well-written verses and a catchy hook over a cloudy drone\/synth and drum beat. \u201cPools\u201d and \u201cGambling Hearts\u201d are the most compelling tracks offered, both blending elements on R&amp;B with driving pop melodies that could soundtrack anyone\u2019s late-night brooding. Common themes of the difficulty of love and lust as a young adult are prevalent of this EP and keep it relevant for younger listeners. Though the lyrics may not be the most profound or thought-provoking as with some younger artists, they are convincing and do not fade into the background, as some R&amp;B-flavored artists have fallen victim to. The most atmospheric tracks of the lot are the final two, which incorporate snap-lead beats and hazy production. While heavy reverb on a singer\u2019s vocals usually seems to be an attempt to cover up weaknesses, on these two tracks, it adds to the aura of mystery and intrigue that Brome tries to play at.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, <em>Fill Your Brains<\/em> offers something for anyone feeling angsty and young and in love, but understandably, doesn\u2019t take many risks. As a 19 year old, Harrison Brome is still young and with a diverse debut EP, he could polish his writing into a focused effort that could prove more resounding.<br \/>\n<b><br \/>\nRecommended If You Like: Josef Salvat, James Blake, Hunter, Leo Kalyan<br \/>\nRecommended Tracks: 1 (Fill Your Brains), 4 (Gambling Hearts)<br \/>\nDo Not Play: 3 (Pools), 5 (Sex Calls)<br \/>\nWritten by Scott Knettle on 02\/22\/2017 <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Filled with mostly down-tempo, moody, genre-blending contemporary R&amp;B, Brome\u2019s EP does not overstay its welcome with six well-defined tracks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15892,"featured_media":56043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,4,3230],"tags":[3433,2503,6856,6855,3055],"class_list":["post-56042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hip-hopelectronic-rotation","category-music","category-new-music-rotation","tag-beach-house","tag-electronic","tag-fill-your-brains","tag-harrison-brome","tag-rb"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/harrison-brome-fill-your-brains.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56042","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\/15892"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}