{"id":5373,"date":"2023-04-17T08:19:11","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T08:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/?p=5373"},"modified":"2023-04-17T08:30:04","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T08:30:04","slug":"single-review-when-i-fall-brave-james-ft-oli-rockberger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/2023\/04\/17\/single-review-when-i-fall-brave-james-ft-oli-rockberger\/","title":{"rendered":"Single Review: &#8220;When I Fall&#8221; &#8211; BRAVE JAMES ft. Oli Rockberger"},"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: When I Fall\" 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\/76KNwve3c0DloJV2SteZqC?si=RpWK7A60RYerZQcXG2OGgQ&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>BRAVE JAMES is back with a new track featuring a singer songwriter that I love and respect, Oli Rockberger. And they deliver!<\/p>\n<p>Whereas the last single was a collaboration with with Blue Lab Beats and had a more soulful hip hop vibe this is folktronica at its best, catchy ethereal melodies with dreamy synths, the reversed drum sounds in this really work well too making it transition really well. It gives you the feeling of floating through the space time continuum and that\u2019s not a bad thing at this time on a Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>But that relates to the lyrics as well:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWon\u2019t you catch me?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Won\u2019t you catch me when I fall?<\/p>\n<p>Won\u2019t you hear me?<\/p>\n<p>Should I worry about the journey anymore?<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d catch me,<\/p>\n<p>Won\u2019t you catch me when I fall?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Great song\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been following Brave James\u2019s journey for a long while, since the release of <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/43WhcIO0R2JBKH2c4elmw7?si=hNdZTnzURqy0QDKcXHW5kg\">\u201cSpaceship\u201d<\/a> &#8211; their manager Kwame Kwaten put me on to them, and I\u2019m so glad of this. That\u2019s still a tune I bang out every so often! The chord progression is outrageous.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>BRAVE JAMES is Australian born, now based in London, and has a whole lot to offer please do check out their back catalogue.<\/p>\n<p>Oli Rockberger &#8211; now this legend right here, there\u2019s one song in his catalogue that moves me even today, \u201cFamily Tree\u201d, he\u2019s been on my radar for a very long time since <a href=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/2018\/10\/06\/blog-interview-gabriella-swallow-cellist\/\">Gabriella Swallow<\/a> introduced me to his music. I interviewed him and you can check out the interview right <a href=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/2021\/07\/05\/blog-interview-oli-rockberger\/\">here. <\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1013\" src=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_2466-1024x1013.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_2466-1024x1013.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_2466-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_2466-768x760.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_2466-61x60.jpg 61w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_2466.jpg 1040w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BRAVE JAMES is back with a new track featuring a singer songwriter that I love and respect, Oli Rockberger. And they deliver! Whereas the last single was a collaboration with with Blue Lab Beats and had a more soulful hip hop vibe this is folktronica at its best, catchy ethereal melodies with dreamy synths, the &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5375,"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":[191,248,118,129,174,218,31,143,132,30,37,180,149,142,140,73,150,183,287,162,126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alternative","category-ambient","category-bass","category-drums","category-electronica","category-folk","category-keyboards","category-london","category-lyricist","category-music","category-piano","category-pop","category-pop-music","category-producer","category-review","category-singer-songwriter","category-songwriter","category-synthesizers","category-track-of-the-day","category-uk","category-vocals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5373","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=5373"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5381,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5373\/revisions\/5381"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}