{"id":26635,"date":"2025-03-04T22:15:25","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T22:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=26635"},"modified":"2025-03-04T22:15:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T22:15:27","slug":"victims-of-the-new-math-crescent-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2025\/03\/04\/victims-of-the-new-math-crescent-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Victims of the New Math &#8211; Crescent Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thomas Young&#8217;s solo project, Victims of the New Math, produces a lo-fi indie rock gem in &#8220;Crescent Sun&#8221;. The music, which is inspired by 1990s indie aesthetics, relies on melodic guitar work and raw authenticity, adopting a sound that is\u00a0nostalgic and pleasantly rough. The opening riff creates a dark, laid-back tone typical of modern underground indie rock, nevertheless there is a strong melodic basis behind the lo-fi production. While a more professional mix might improve the song&#8217;s presence, the DIY attitude adds to its looks making it feel like a hidden gem from an alternative radio station&#8217;s deep cuts. At 1:30, a second guitar layer appears, pushing the melody closer to classic rock and garage rock. This main line&#8217;s warm, vintage tone invites nostalgia, corresponding to elements from late &#8217;60s and &#8217;70s rock but integrating smoothly with the indie system. Overall, &#8220;Crescent Sun&#8221; is a cool\u00a0composition that highlights the raw attraction of indie rock while remembering classic and garage rock influences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-block-embed-soundcloud\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CRESCENT SUN by Victims of the New Math\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1938818054&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=960&#038;maxwidth=640\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/victimsofthenewmath\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/victimsofthenewmath<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victimsofthenewmath.bandcamp.com\">https:\/\/victimsofthenewmath.bandcamp.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/victimsofthenewmath\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/victimsofthenewmath<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Young&#8217;s solo project, Victims of the New Math, produces a lo-fi indie rock gem&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,5],"tags":[301,44,4424],"class_list":["post-26635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop-rock-reviews","category-reviews","tag-garage-rock","tag-indie-rock","tag-victims-of-the-new-math"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26635","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=26635"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26637,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26635\/revisions\/26637"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}