{"id":68867,"date":"2018-09-09T16:59:20","date_gmt":"2018-09-09T21:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=68867"},"modified":"2018-09-09T16:59:20","modified_gmt":"2018-09-09T21:59:20","slug":"hozier-nina-cried-power-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2018\/09\/09\/hozier-nina-cried-power-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"Hozier: Nina Cried Power &#8211; EP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-68868 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/hozier-nina-cried-power-cover_opt.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/hozier-nina-cried-power-cover_opt.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/hozier-nina-cried-power-cover_opt-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/hozier-nina-cried-power-cover_opt-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">From the first\u00a0<\/span>second, Hozier\u2019s EP Nina Cried Power is a whirlwind of emotion, energy, and the sound we\u2019ve all come to know and love. It\u2019s been a long wait since he released his eponymous debut album in 2014 but has proven to be worth the while. Many fans were disappointed to learn that Nina Cried Power would be an EP rather than a full-length album; however, this is an instance where quality more than compensates for quantity.<\/p>\n<p>All four tracks are reminiscent of previous Hozier tunes, but he has managed to find the sweet spot between experimentation and maintaining his well-established sound. \u201cShrike,\u201d for instance, is a more refined cousin of \u201cLike Real People Do.\u201d The music contains traces of blues, roots rock, and folk, and of course, generous doses of gospel and soul. Out of the songs, the one that stands out most is surely the title track.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not the waking, it\u2019s the rising,\u201d begins the ballad, setting the stage for a powerful \u201csong about protest songs\u201d featuring musicians Mavis Staples and Booker T. Jones. Hozier pays homage to Nina Simone and her song \u201cSinnerman,\u201d incorporating some of her lyrics and her name into the chorus. He also references other revolutionary musicians, such as John Lennon, James Brown, and Woody Guthrie. Hozier does not overstep and make the mistake of centering the song around himself. Instead, he acknowledges the strides made by the activists he names. This is especially evident in the moving lyrics, \u201cPower has been cried by those stronger than me \/ Straight into the face that tells you to rattle your chains \/ If you love being free.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to an interview with Rolling Stone, Hozier is set to release his second full album in early 2019. Until then, Nina Cried Power will be more than enough to get you your Hozier fix.<br \/>\n<b><br \/>\nRecommended If You Like: Matt Corby, Mumford &amp; Sons, James Bay<br \/>\nRecommended Tracks: 1 (Nina Cried Power), 3 (Moment\u2019s Silence [Common Tongue]), 4 (Shrike)<br \/>\nDo Not Play: 2 (NFWMB)<br \/>\nWritten by Jaya Chakka on 09\/09\/2018 <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The prince of the Underworld has finally returned to the world of the living\u2014and with spectacular music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20842,"featured_media":68868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3235,3230,181],"tags":[8162,7712,8163,3367],"class_list":["post-68867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-reviews","category-new-music-rotation","category-rock-rotation","tag-hozier","tag-jaya-chakka","tag-nina-cried-power","tag-rock-rotation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/hozier-nina-cried-power-cover_opt.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68867","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\/20842"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}