{"id":25221,"date":"2024-09-14T11:49:32","date_gmt":"2024-09-14T11:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=25221"},"modified":"2024-09-14T11:49:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T11:49:35","slug":"the-speed-of-sound-the-same-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2024\/09\/14\/the-speed-of-sound-the-same-river\/","title":{"rendered":"The Speed of Sound &#8211; The Same River\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Speed of Sound&#8217;s &#8220;The Same River&#8221; is a\u00a0combination of nostalgia and present post-punk strength. Right from the start, the post-punk guitars provide a raw, dynamic background with crushing riffs that drive the tune forward. The guitars are representative of old-fashioned post-punk musicians, but with a modern edge that prevents\u00a0the sound from looking old. When the vocals show up, they provide an ethereal tone that benefits the tune. The female vocalist&#8217;s voice is mysterious, and her performance shows an obvious Grace Slick influence, borrowing from the renowned San Francisco psychedelic era while redefining it within a post-punk framework. Her voice rises over the strong, musical\u00a0background, providing an astonishing contrast between the post-punk music and the ethereal vocals. The semi-psychedelic style of the vocals, with their dreamy aspect, brings up pictures of dreamy scenes, nevertheless the post-punk basis keeps the song firmly grounded. This contrast, the clash of psychedelia with punk vibe, creates a fascinating energy throughout the song. The tune has a striking similarity to The Cranberries in terms of powerful melodic lines combined with a harsher edge. The combination of influences\u2014psychedelia, post-punk, and alternative rock\u2014creates a sound that seems \u00a0familiar and warm, providing a one-of-a-kind listening experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Same River  - The Speed Of Sound -  Official Music Video\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wiYGvhshRUs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo Credit: photo by Shay Rowan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheSpeedOfSoundUK\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheSpeedOfSoundUK<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thespeedofsounduk\">http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thespeedofsounduk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/660mph\/videos\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/660mph\/videos<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Speed of Sound&#8217;s &#8220;The Same River&#8221; is a\u00a0combination of nostalgia and present post-punk strength&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,5],"tags":[2324],"class_list":["post-25221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop-rock-reviews","category-reviews","tag-the-speed-of-sound"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25221"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25224,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25221\/revisions\/25224"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}