{"id":26359,"date":"2025-01-31T12:21:03","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T12:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=26359"},"modified":"2025-01-31T12:21:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T12:21:04","slug":"the-speed-of-sound-apocalypse-metropolis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2025\/01\/31\/the-speed-of-sound-apocalypse-metropolis\/","title":{"rendered":"The Speed of Sound &#8211; Apocalypse Metropolis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apocalypse Metropolis, by The Speed of Sound, is an attracting mix of indie rock and psychedelic elements. The song, featuring John Armstrong on guitars and vocals and Ann-Marie Crowley on vocals and guitar, provides a deep listening experience recalling of the legendary golden era of classic and psychedelic rock. The track begins with soft indie rock sounds, creating a dreamy atmosphere that\u00a0attracts the listener in. Ann-Marie Crowley&#8217;s ethereal vocals provide the song a hypnotic character, similar to the spirit of Jefferson Airplane with their psychedelic and melodic approach. At 1:51, the song gets an unexpected turn with a powerful guitar solo that creates the 1970s classic rock vibe. This section gives the composition a nostalgic\u00a0strength, emphasizing John Armstrong&#8217;s enthusiastic guitar performance. As the solo fades, Crowley&#8217;s vocals return at 2:16, surrounding the listener in a romantic and dreamy atmosphere that enhances the song&#8217;s overall exploratory direction. Apocalypse Metropolis is a well produced song\u00a0thatperfectly combines indie rock and classic psychedelic rock\u00a0influences. Its dreamy vocals, smooth guitar work, and poetic atmosphere define it as a special track that carries the listener across time and sound.<\/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=\"Apocalypse Acropolis - The Speed Of Sound  - Official Music Video\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8nHEj-z74jA?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 Rowa<\/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=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeedOfSoundUK\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeedOfSoundUK<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apocalypse Metropolis, by The Speed of Sound, is an attracting mix of indie rock and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,5],"tags":[44,271,2324],"class_list":["post-26359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop-rock-reviews","category-reviews","tag-indie-rock","tag-psychedelic-rock","tag-the-speed-of-sound"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26359","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=26359"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26362,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26359\/revisions\/26362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}