{"id":21062,"date":"2021-05-19T10:55:49","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T17:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=21062"},"modified":"2021-05-19T10:55:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T17:55:49","slug":"new-music-revue-fences-blend-genres-previous-work-on-new-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2021\/05\/19\/new-music-revue-fences-blend-genres-previous-work-on-new-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"New Music Revue<\/em>: Fences blend genres, previous work on new EP"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fences
\nWide Eyed Elk Ensemble
\n<\/em>(Enci Records)
\n3.5\/5<\/p>\n

Christopher Mansfield, vocalist and guitarist of Seattle indie pop\/rock band Fences, has lived a colourful life, including time spent in rehab. He\u2019s tapped into that on the band\u2019s new EP, Wide Eyed Elk Ensemble<\/em>: the release is a great grab bag of emotions.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoot Height\u201d is a mainstream-sounding pop number, which makes what follows a pleasant surprise, as the EP tones itself down in \u201cThe Folk and Lore\u201d and \u201cMy Pale King.\u201d What remains is Manfield\u2019s smooth, steady vocals, which are easy on the ears and work well with the genre at hand. The background vocals create the illusion of a soft, insightful conversation on the EP\u2019s last song, \u201cFake Snow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wide Eyed Elk Ensemble<\/em> is adventurous for indie\/pop, and there\u2019s something in it that almost everyone could like. For me, the vocals are the highlight: they\u2019re always cerulean sounding, and are certainly the centre of this EP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fences Wide Eyed Elk Ensemble (Enci Records) 3.5\/5 Christopher Mansfield, vocalist and guitarist of Seattle indie pop\/rock band Fences, has lived a colourful life, including time spent in rehab. He\u2019s tapped into that on the band\u2019s new EP, Wide Eyed Elk Ensemble: the release is a great grab bag of emotions. \u201cBoot Height\u201d is a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21063,"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-21062","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