{"id":30492,"date":"2026-05-21T19:16:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T19:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=30492"},"modified":"2026-05-21T19:16:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T19:16:25","slug":"wooden-overcoat-finally-arrived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/wooden-overcoat-finally-arrived\/","title":{"rendered":"Wooden Overcoat &#8211; Finally Arrived"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wooden Overcoat is the musical project of multi-instrumentalist Brant Hajek, who returned to music after a hiatus and revisited pieces he wrote in his late teens. According to Hajek, &#8220;Finally Arrived&#8221; explores a variety of subjects, including isolation from social media, personal sadness, relationship challenges, and the illusions of fame and success. The song begins with ethereal, reverb-heavy acoustic and electric guitar sounds that create a spaced-out\u00a0shoegaze-inspired vibe. The ethereal musical range recalls inspirations such as Spiritualised, while vocal harmonies gently recall The Beatles&#8217; melodic style. The slow tempo creates a hypnotic and thoughtful atmosphere, allowing the music to develop in a dreamy, almost &#8220;unrealistic&#8221;\u00a0movement. Visually, the accompanying video (created by Francesca Bonci)\u00a0enhances the track&#8217;s psychedelic character by combining bizarre colour palettes and visuals nostalgic of early Pink Floyd. This mix of sound and graphics emphasises the song&#8217;s peaceful and hypnotic characteristics, resulting in an overall artistic experience that nostalgic and spiritually engaging. From around 3:35 till the finale, the piece changes to a longer instrumental section. Electric guitars take center stage, offering melodic lines filled with psychedelic garage rock and harmonies characteristic of the 1960s. The final result is a slow progression to a nostalgic, sentimental conclusion in which the guitar work carries the feelings of the piece without the assistance of vocals.<\/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=\"WOODEN OVERCOAT - Finally Arrived (Official Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p0WjukIrxak?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 by Brett Chauncey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/woodenovercoat\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/woodenovercoat<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wooden-overcoat.bandcamp.com\">https:\/\/wooden-overcoat.bandcamp.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/woodenovercoat\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/woodenovercoat<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wooden Overcoat is the musical project of multi-instrumentalist Brant Hajek, who returned to music after&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,5],"tags":[5022],"class_list":["post-30492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop-rock-reviews","category-reviews","tag-wooden-overcoat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30492","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=30492"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30494,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30492\/revisions\/30494"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}