{"id":326,"date":"2007-06-12T10:16:40","date_gmt":"2007-06-12T15:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/music\/2007\/06\/12\/peter-bjorn-and-john\/"},"modified":"2007-11-13T15:50:19","modified_gmt":"2007-11-13T20:50:19","slug":"peter-bjorn-and-john","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/music\/2007\/06\/12\/peter-bjorn-and-john\/","title":{"rendered":"~Peter Bjorn And John"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Peter_Bjorn___John___2.jpg\" width=\"342\" height=\"340\" alt=\"Peter Bjorn And John CD cover\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Peter_Bjorn___John_front_co.jpg\" width=\"345\" height=\"340\" alt=\"Peter Bjorn And John-window\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Peter_Borrn___John___3.jpg\" width=\"223\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Peter Bjorn And John # 3\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Peter_Bjorn___John___4.jpg\" width=\"222\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Peter Bjorn And John #4\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Peter_Bjorn___John_CD.jpg\" width=\"353\" height=\"348\" alt=\"Peter Bjorn And John-CD\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After one spin of the second Peter Bjorn And John CD, <em>Writer&#8217;s Block<\/em>, I<br \/>\nbecame an enthusiastic advocate for Globalism.  Here&#8217;s a Sewdish group that have<br \/>\nmade a great new CD &#8211; with all the lyrics in English.<\/p>\n<p>Even though  the musical references from the Beatles; 80&#8217;s new wave; Guided<br \/>\nby Voices; and all those great Sarah Record bands (e.g. The Field Mice) are there,<br \/>\nthe music is totally fresh and new.<br \/>\nThe monster song is &#8216;Up Against The Wall&#8217; &#8211; JOY DIVISION comes to mind.<br \/>\n&#8216;Objects Of My Affection&#8217;, &#8216;The Chills&#8217;, &#8216;Young Folks&#8217;, and  &#8216;Roll The Credits&#8217; are<br \/>\nalso massive.<\/p>\n<p>The emotional tone is young and exuberant, hopeful but wary. The lyrics are simple<br \/>\nbut very sharp and right on. Take a ride on this CD to another world and enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>Artwork &#038; Handwriting by Graham Samuels<br \/>\nOriginal Band Photo by Johan Bergmark<\/p>\n<p>Peter Bjorn And John, <em>Writer&#8217;s Block<\/em> EMI MUSIC PUBLISHING SCANDINAVIA AB<br \/>\ncopyright 2006 V2 MUSIC SCANDINAVIA AB<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.peterbjornandjohn.com\">www.peterbjornandjohn.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After one spin of the second Peter Bjorn And John CD, Writer&#8217;s Block, I became an enthusiastic advocate for Globalism. Here&#8217;s a Sewdish group that have made a great new CD &#8211; with all the lyrics in English. Even though the musical references from the Beatles; 80&#8217;s new wave; Guided by Voices; and all those [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}