{"id":3683,"date":"2013-10-23T19:09:48","date_gmt":"2013-10-23T18:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/?p=3683"},"modified":"2013-10-23T19:09:48","modified_gmt":"2013-10-23T18:09:48","slug":"single-review-the-ramona-flowers-brighter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/music\/single-review-the-ramona-flowers-brighter\/","title":{"rendered":"Single Review: The Ramona Flowers – ‘Brighter’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Following on from the release of their last EP\u252c\u00e1’Lust & Lies’\u252c\u00e1a few months back, The Ramona Flowers’ new single \u00d4\u00c7\u00ffBrighter’ is something which echoes this up-and-coming band’s potential for success. There are few bands around today that can mix a hint of rock, indie and electronica successfully, with a sense of raw passion, talent and hauntingly infectious lyrics; The Ramona Flowers can pull that off and ‘Brighter’\u252c\u00e1shows this while also being an outstanding follow-up single to ‘Lust & Lies’. Brighter\u252c\u00e1retains the emotional impact with a profound choice of lyrics but with a powerful refrain, enhanced through lead vocalist Steve Bird’s passion, a more up-beat tempo and a heavier focus on a techno\/electronica vibe. It’s distinctly similar yet remarkably different in the best possible way for a follow-up single.
\nIf The Ramona Flowers can maintain their momentum with the courage to experiment in the ways that this single possesses then success is imminent. Keep your eyes open for their debut album!<\/p>\n

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Following on from the release of their last EP\u252c\u00e1’Lust & Lies’\u252c\u00e1a few months back, The Ramona Flowers’ new single \u00d4\u00c7\u00ffBrighter’ […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":285,"featured_media":3684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[982,979,980,981,978],"class_list":["post-3683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-alex-miarli","tag-brighter","tag-lust-and-lies","tag-lust-and-lies-ep","tag-the-ramona-flowers"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSingle Review: The Ramona Flowers - 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