{"id":5126,"date":"2023-01-30T21:50:04","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T21:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/?p=5126"},"modified":"2023-01-30T21:52:20","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T21:52:20","slug":"single-review-boys-from-jungle-junior-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/2023\/01\/30\/single-review-boys-from-jungle-junior-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Single Review: &#8220;Boys From Jungle&#8221; &#8211; Junior Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Boys From Jungle\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/0kghext778boCA4JsY30a8?si=gmqkE3yqQpCdNvsVxEkfQg&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"748\" height=\"741\" src=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_1586.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_1586.jpg 748w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_1586-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_1586-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_1586-61x60.jpg 61w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 748px) 100vw, 748px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m trying to decide whether this is a punk protest song or not. It\u2019s definitely punk, the attitude is there.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>But the lyrics are definitely interesting, it\u2019s the reality of immigrants coming to the UK, and their stories, it\u2019s loud, it\u2019s aggressive.<\/p>\n<p>But do you oboe what? It\u2019s getting the message across.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For me the stand out line is \u201cone got in a case, to seek legal aid, two years now going in circles.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The link between case and law I don\u2019t know if that is intentional or not, but it fits.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>All in all, a great tune.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>All in all a blast to listen to, and definitely one to clear the cobwebs, I like the way the intro has snippets of sound, and it all works so well.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>So who are Junior Bill? Junior Bill are an independent band led by frontman and songwriter Rob Nichols. They&#8217;ve pooled a range of influences from The Clash &amp; The Specials to the Tropicalia movement in Brazil to\u00a0undertake a social commentary on the state of the UK with slicing\u00a0guitar riffs and dynamic vocals. &#8216;Boys From Jungle&#8217; is the first single from their long awaited debut album &#8216;&#8221;Youth Club!&#8221; set to be released later this year.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m trying to decide whether this is a punk protest song or not. It\u2019s definitely punk, the attitude is there.\u00a0 But the lyrics are definitely interesting, it\u2019s the reality of immigrants coming to the UK, and their stories, it\u2019s loud, it\u2019s aggressive. But do you oboe what? It\u2019s getting the message across.\u00a0 For me the &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[191,42,118,129,52,30,117,177,150,287,126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alternative","category-band","category-bass","category-drums","category-guitar","category-music","category-punk","category-rock","category-songwriter","category-track-of-the-day","category-vocals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5126"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5128,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5126\/revisions\/5128"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}