{"id":1715,"date":"2018-08-24T08:37:54","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T07:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/douglascowie.com\/?p=1715"},"modified":"2018-08-23T11:58:34","modified_gmt":"2018-08-23T10:58:34","slug":"song-of-the-week-well-by-belleville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.douglascowie.net\/?p=1715","title":{"rendered":"Song of the Week: &#8220;Well&#8221; by Belleville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each Friday I pick a song\u2013new, old, borrowed, blue\u2013that\u2019s been on my mind and in my ears, and write a short post about it.<\/p>\n<p>This is &#8220;Well&#8221; by Belleville:<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 350px; height: 470px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3906328547\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/track=4112701208\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/belleville.bandcamp.com\/album\/sometimes-i-exaggerate\">Sometimes I Exaggerate by Belleville<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I first encountered Belleville several years ago when I saw them play at the now-called-something-else Barfly in Camden. It&#8217;s been a long wait for a new record from them, and their <a href=\"https:\/\/belleville.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bandcamp page explains why<\/a>. Belleville mix their jangly guitar and country influences with a pinch of punk swagger where they need it, and they leave the swagger out where it isn&#8217;t called for on the slower prettier numbers. With &#8220;Well,&#8221; you get a little bit of everything in less than three minutes. You can listen to the full album on Bandcamp and Spotify. 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This is &#8220;Well&#8221; by Belleville: Sometimes I Exaggerate by Belleville I first encountered Belleville several years ago when I saw them play at the now-called-something-else Barfly in Camden. 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