{"id":18692,"date":"2019-11-19T09:32:14","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T17:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=18692"},"modified":"2019-11-19T09:35:41","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T17:35:41","slug":"18692","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2019\/11\/19\/18692\/","title":{"rendered":"New Music Revue<\/em>: Graduation Speech grows on second EP"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Graduation Speech
\nMaintenance Required
\n<\/i>(Black Numbers)
\n4\/5<\/p>\n

\u201cGetting lost in the music\u201d is the perfect way to explain what happens when spinning Graduation Speech\u2019s new five-song EP,\u00a0Maintenance Required<\/i>. The EP is a great way to get the day started, to pass time waiting for the bus, or to get re-energized during a work break.<\/p>\n

Maintenance Required<\/i>\u00a0is the second solo EP by Kevin Day, also known as Graduation Speech. The New Jersey musician, who also plays in pop-punkers Aspiga, released his first solo EP, Quiet & Calm<\/i>, in 2017\u2014with its acoustic sounds and mellow lyrics it worked so well in pulling the listener into the music. Maintenance Required<\/i>\u2019s songs are very close in sound to Quiet & Calm<\/i>\u2019s, however, the addition of electric guitar and percussion grabbed my attention and got my foot tapping along with the beat of the songs immediately.<\/p>\n

\u201cOurselves,\u201d the second song on the EP, starts out with a strong steady beat and then adds Day\u2019s rhythmic voice to create a track that perfectly sums up and showcases the sounds found on this EP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Graduation Speech Maintenance Required (Black Numbers) 4\/5 \u201cGetting lost in the music\u201d is the perfect way to explain what happens when spinning Graduation Speech\u2019s new five-song EP,\u00a0Maintenance Required. The EP is a great way to get the day started, to pass time waiting for the bus, or to get re-energized during a work break. Maintenance […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-webexclusive"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t