{"id":24540,"date":"2023-11-08T09:00:05","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T17:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=24540"},"modified":"2023-10-27T14:29:19","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T21:29:19","slug":"new-music-revue-david-holmes-gets-collaborative-rebellious-on-first-solo-album-in-15-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2023\/11\/08\/new-music-revue-david-holmes-gets-collaborative-rebellious-on-first-solo-album-in-15-years\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>New Music Revue<\/em>: David Holmes gets collaborative, rebellious on first solo album in 15 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/199646-david-holmes-feat-raven-violet-blind-on-a-galloping-horse.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-24541\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/199646-david-holmes-feat-raven-violet-blind-on-a-galloping-horse-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/199646-david-holmes-feat-raven-violet-blind-on-a-galloping-horse-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/199646-david-holmes-feat-raven-violet-blind-on-a-galloping-horse-700x700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/199646-david-holmes-feat-raven-violet-blind-on-a-galloping-horse-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/199646-david-holmes-feat-raven-violet-blind-on-a-galloping-horse-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/199646-david-holmes-feat-raven-violet-blind-on-a-galloping-horse.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>David Holmes<br \/>\n<i>Blind on a Galloping Horse<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i>(Heavenly Recordings)<br \/>\n3.5\/5<\/p>\n<p>David Holmes\u2019 first solo album since 2008 is a collaborative offering from the North Irish musician, with every track featuring Raven Violet\u2019s enchanting vocals. Known for his mixing of cinematic soundtracks and DJing, this album will not disappoint fans looking for an alternative, rebellious sound.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Holmes delivers a transcendent mix of often existential lyricism and a powerful, somewhat wandering note profile. Driven by a strong rhythmic presence, the diction can sometimes be difficult to distinguish, which occasionally feels intentional and mirrors the substantial multilingualism that would be required to understand everything on this record.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Blind on a Galloping Horse<\/i> spans an impressive emotional range, feeling reflective, hopeful, and, to some degree, melancholy, all married together in a balanced interpretational experience.<\/p>\n<p>Most likely a step outside your regular playlist, this intense and thought-provoking record is well worth a listen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Holmes Blind on a Galloping Horse (Heavenly Recordings) 3.5\/5 David Holmes\u2019 first solo album since 2008 is a collaborative offering from the North Irish musician, with every track featuring Raven Violet\u2019s enchanting vocals. Known for his mixing of cinematic soundtracks and DJing, this album will not disappoint fans looking for an alternative, rebellious sound.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24541,"comment_status":"closed","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":[4,298],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-november-1-2023"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24540"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24542,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24540\/revisions\/24542"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}