{"id":31261,"date":"2026-08-09T10:41:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T10:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=31261"},"modified":"2026-08-09T10:45:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T10:45:45","slug":"benji-miller-love-or-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2026\/08\/09\/benji-miller-love-or-pain\/","title":{"rendered":"Benji Miller &#8211; Love Or Pain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Benji Miller&#8217;s Love Or Pain EP is a warm and atmospheric EP\u00a0that moves between indie pop, R&amp;B, psychedelia, and minor electronic influences, all while maintaining a strong nostalgic mood. &#8220;Swimming In The Ocean&#8221; begins with ethereal tones and a jazzy, dreamy vibe, combining indie-pop elements with elements of Faith No More and 1960s synths. The soft vocals and easygoing production make it a perfect track for relaxing, while &#8220;Be My Remedy&#8221; provides a more easy-listening, urban groove without leaving the indie vibe. The guitars bring a touch of electricity to the arrangement, and the vocals give it a modern urban feeling. &#8220;Love Or Pain&#8221; has piano at the forefront, evolving into a groovy R&amp;B-influenced composition with gentle urban elements and an ethereal vibe. The backing vocals, influenced by the 1960s, offer another layer of nostalgia, while the short slowdown around 1:30 provides a welcome break before the song returns to its main groove. &#8220;Let Me In&#8221; adopts a slower and warmer approach, mixing lush synths with acoustic guitar, particularly around 1:50, when the arrangement becomes more sentimental and almost hypnotic before the electronic elements come back. &#8220;Weird World&#8221; begins with trippy piano and a dreamlike production before the drums appear at 1:07, transforming the music into an easy-listening indie composition. The combination of piano and warm percussion works especially nicely here. The EP concludes with &#8220;Hey Darcey,&#8221; its most energetic track, which combines 1960s-inspired synths with R&amp;B rhythms, electric guitars, and sometimes grunge-like aggressiveness before returning to its exotic, nostalgic vibe. Overall, Love Or Pain is a cool EP that combines nostalgia and modern indie production, providing enough variety between tracks while maintaining a harmonious, dreamy identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Love or Pain\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/5jhGWtZLMCADKoMuZmRLg4?si=3Qpx24QUQlqA48DNCBdGJg&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/benjiii_miller\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/benjiii_miller<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benji Miller&#8217;s Love Or Pain EP is a warm and atmospheric EP\u00a0that moves between indie&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,5],"tags":[5154],"class_list":["post-31261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop-rock-reviews","category-reviews","tag-benji-miller"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31261","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=31261"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31266,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31261\/revisions\/31266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}