{"id":6171,"date":"2023-11-15T12:44:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T12:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/?p=6171"},"modified":"2023-11-15T12:44:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T12:44:56","slug":"single-review-living-the-dream-ski-lift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/2023\/11\/15\/single-review-living-the-dream-ski-lift\/","title":{"rendered":"Single Review: &#8220;Living The Dream&#8221; &#8211; Ski Lift"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/4ByL1uSoI2qkvzZUWTlWl5?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1019\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0776-1019x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0776-1019x1024.jpg 1019w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0776-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0776-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0776-768x772.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0776-60x60.jpg 60w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0776.jpg 1118w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1019px) 100vw, 1019px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Is this a song told from the perspective of a turtle?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Possibly, given the first line of the song!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can feel my head sliding back inside my shell\u2026\u201d and the picture of one of the front cover.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Or, it could be a contemplative song of what the writer could be doing instead of their situation now.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Either way, this is a great number, great production too, at the beginning the guitars play their opening chords and are panned left and right before sitting split left and right as the song goes on. The mix on this is just awesome! There are also hidden gems in here, there\u2019s a siren in there hidden deep in there, and also when there\u2019s a reference to a clock there\u2019s the tick tock of time being played on the guitars\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Clever!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The melodies and harmonies are very dreamlike, you could just imagine the video to this where everyone\u2019s flying, it\u2019s just one of those songs that you could imagine on the chart show from the 90s if it was still around today\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Remember the chart show? What a throwback.<\/p>\n<p>Ski Lift are your friendly neighbourhood power-pop trio. Fronted by Welsh songwriter Benji Tranter, and joined by friends Lizzy and Adam, together they act out their teenage indie-rock dreams, battering their way through secret hits and would-be singalongs. The simple three chord rock and roll that your heart desires.<\/p>\n<p>Since the current line-up solidified in 2021, the trio have been hard at work on their next release, while using weekends and evenings to venture out to cities including Cardiff, Bristol and Portsmouth, as well as hometown shows with acts including ARXX and Enjoyable Listens. Upon releasing \u2018three of the best singles [of the year]\u2019 (Adam Walton, BBC Wales) the band have received consistent support on the airwaves, including spins from Gemma Bradley (BBC R1), Tom Robinson (6 Music) and Huw Stephens, and were made \u2018Artist of the Week\u2019 across BBC Midlands. They have been featured across Spotify editorials including Fresh Finds and Feel Good Indie Rock, with their single Portal receiving over 120,000 streams. Their music has also been featured on Channel 4\u2019s Made in Chelsea.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is this a song told from the perspective of a turtle?\u00a0 Possibly, given the first line of the song!\u00a0 \u201cI can feel my head sliding back inside my shell\u2026\u201d and the picture of one of the front cover.\u00a0 Or, it could be a contemplative song of what the writer could be doing instead of their &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6172,"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":[191,42,118,129,52,132,30,180,149,177,73,150,287,162,203],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alternative","category-band","category-bass","category-drums","category-guitar","category-lyricist","category-music","category-pop","category-pop-music","category-rock","category-singer-songwriter","category-songwriter","category-track-of-the-day","category-uk","category-wales"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6171","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=6171"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6173,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6171\/revisions\/6173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}