{"id":1840,"date":"2019-05-10T09:00:29","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T08:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/douglascowie.com\/?p=1840"},"modified":"2019-05-07T15:25:42","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T14:25:42","slug":"song-of-the-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.douglascowie.net\/?p=1840","title":{"rendered":"Song of the Week: &#8220;Which Wave?&#8221; by Sun Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<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\n\n\n<p>This is &#8220;Which Wave?&#8221; by Sun Studies:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 350px; height: 470px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2760719436\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/track=2392973678\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sunstudies.bandcamp.com\/album\/sketches\">Sketches by Sun Studies<\/a><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve loved Reid Johnson&#8217;s songwriting and voice since I first encountered his band Schooner several years ago. I wrote a review of the first Schooner album, <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Hold on Too Tight, (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thephiller.com\/reviews\/s\/schooner\/hold_on_too_tight.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Hold on Too Tight<\/a><\/em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Hold on Too Tight, (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thephiller.com\/reviews\/s\/schooner\/hold_on_too_tight.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">,<\/a> for The PhiLLer and reviewed a couple of other releases both there and on this site (search Schooner on the bottom right and you&#8217;ll find those reviews). Anyway, I&#8217;ve been looking forward to the release of this more stripped-back project for a while now, and here it is. Listen to that voice, both rich and fragile, an echo of Roy Orbison. Go to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Bandcamp (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/sunstudies.bandcamp.com\/album\/sketches\" target=\"_blank\">Bandcamp<\/a> to buy the album and listen to seven beautiful songs.<br><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"DouglasCowie\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Song%20of%20the%20Week%3A%20%22Which%20Wave%3F%22%20by%20Sun%20Studies\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"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. This is &#8220;Which Wave?&#8221; by Sun Studies: Sketches by Sun Studies I&#8217;ve loved Reid Johnson&#8217;s songwriting and voice since I first encountered his band Schooner several years ago. 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