{"id":19948,"date":"2020-09-25T09:16:53","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T16:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=19948"},"modified":"2020-09-25T09:23:48","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T16:23:48","slug":"new-music-revue-lola-parks-delivers-true-west-coast-sounds-on-no-apologies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2020\/09\/25\/new-music-revue-lola-parks-delivers-true-west-coast-sounds-on-no-apologies\/","title":{"rendered":"New Music Revue<\/em>: Lola Parks delivers true west-coast sounds on No Apologies<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lola Parks
\nNo Apologies
\n<\/em>(Independent)
\n4\/5<\/p>\n

Vancouver-based singer\/songwriter Lola Parks’ new release, No Apologies, <\/em>is no dearth of honest ultimatums. Parks\u2014real name Sandy Powlik, who formerly called Victoria home\u2014is truly gifted, with a beautiful voice and the ability to create melodic hooks and insightful yet buoyant lyrics.<\/p>\n

As euphonious as they are memorable\u2014the folk\/blues\/jazz\/country blend has a hip-hop ring to it\u2014these tracks are multilayered, both dark and bright, both calm and frenetically fiery-spirited. \u201cDreamer\u201d invites us to dream along while \u201cFreight Train\u201d pairs violent metaphors with pretty ones. Powlik sings that \u201clove is like a shotgun\/it leaves us blown apart,\u201d asking \u201cwhat if we can be happy?\u201d<\/p>\n

Armed with freight-train momentum and a voice softer than silk, Powlik argues that we are worth fighting for and urges that we look past the mess to see with fresh eyes, ones that believe. No Apologies<\/em> reeks of west-coast salt\u2014brambly yet uplifting, aching yet sighing, it shimmers like spiderwebs spun on sun-showered Canada Thistle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lola Parks No Apologies (Independent) 4\/5 Vancouver-based singer\/songwriter Lola Parks’ new release, No Apologies, is no dearth of honest ultimatums. Parks\u2014real name Sandy Powlik, who formerly called Victoria home\u2014is truly gifted, with a beautiful voice and the ability to create melodic hooks and insightful yet buoyant lyrics. As euphonious as they are memorable\u2014the folk\/blues\/jazz\/country blend […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19949,"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":[4,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","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