{"id":27675,"date":"2025-07-08T20:18:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T20:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=27675"},"modified":"2025-07-08T20:18:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T20:18:09","slug":"duncan-lloyd-one-stop-closer-to-the-dam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2025\/07\/08\/duncan-lloyd-one-stop-closer-to-the-dam\/","title":{"rendered":"Duncan Lloyd &#8211; One Stop Closer to the Dam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duncan Lloyd&#8217;s &#8220;One Stop Closer to the Dam&#8221; is an interesting combination of retro and modern sounds that feels like a moving time clock crashing into the present day. It begins with a solid, groovy rhythm section, bass and drums linked in with smooth confidence, establishing a laid-back but head-nodding rhythm. The guitars, embraced by nostalgia, pass on raw garage rock melody\u00a0while incorporating complicated sounds of exotica for a strange, cinematic perspective. The vocals provide a hazy, sad tone, with a reverbed\u00a0atmosphere characteristic of late 1960s psychedelia. However, the singing\u00a0style\u00a0and tone show a post-punk influence: distanced but expressive, personal nevertheless aggressive. The production balances DIY simplicity and precise layers, giving the song a nostalgic feel while remaining sharply modern. Lloyd has created something that is both psychedelic, raw and sophisticated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2657823229\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=3911284298\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/duncanlloyd.bandcamp.com\/album\/unwound-2025\">Unwound (2025) by Duncan Lloyd<\/a><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo Credit: Duncan Lloyd &#8211; photo by Billy McHugh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/duncanlloyd.bandcamp.com\">https:\/\/duncanlloyd.bandcamp.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/duncanlloydmusic\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/duncanlloydmusic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dunclloyd\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dunclloyd<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Duncan Lloyd&#8217;s &#8220;One Stop Closer to the Dam&#8221; is an interesting combination of retro and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,5],"tags":[4553,301,455],"class_list":["post-27675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop-rock-reviews","category-reviews","tag-duncan-lloyd","tag-garage-rock","tag-post-punk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27675","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=27675"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27678,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27675\/revisions\/27678"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}