{"id":6872,"date":"2015-11-17T09:35:33","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T09:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-boston-manor-saudade-ep\/"},"modified":"2023-01-20T16:16:36","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T16:16:36","slug":"review-boston-manor-saudade-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-boston-manor-saudade-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Boston Manor &#8211; Saudade EP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-92036\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Boston-Manor-Saudade-EP-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Boston Manor - Saudade EP\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Boston-Manor-Saudade-EP-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Boston-Manor-Saudade-EP-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Boston-Manor-Saudade-EP-465x465.jpeg 465w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Boston-Manor-Saudade-EP-500x500.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Boston-Manor-Saudade-EP.jpeg 540w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>After intriguing the scene with the unprecedented <i>\u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-boston-manor-driftwood-ep\/\">Driftwood<\/a>\u2019<\/i> and riding the buzz of their recent Pure Noise Records signing announcement, Blackpool\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/tag\/boston-manor\/\"><b>Boston Manor<\/b><\/a> has produced <i>\u2018Saudade\u2019<\/i> to a fixated audience.<\/p>\n<p>Opener <i>\u2019Gone\u2019<\/i> is noodly, initially shifting towards the galloping blast-beat swing present in <b>Boston Manor<\/b>\u2019s sound. There is a distinct refreshing Britishness that <b>Boston Manor<\/b> have pushed to the forefront, juxtaposing the default American twang that has been apparent within pop punk in the last few years.<!-- more --><\/p>\n<p><i>\u2019Trapped Nerve\u2019<\/i> is a glimpse into new terrain which embraces an eerie dark alt rock sound. This heavy alternative leaning is appropriate considering vocalist Henry Cox\u2019s wish of apathy &#8211; <i>\u201cSleep for the rest of my days, and I\u2019ll just wish the world away.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u2019Saudade\u2019<\/i> blends an energetic melodic punk charm with a distinct muddy alternative rock sound reminiscent of the twang of Basement\u2019s <i>\u2018I Wish I Could Stay Here\u2019<\/i>. Tracks <i>\u2018Asleep At The Wheel\u2019<\/i> and closer <i>&#8216;Shade\u2019<\/i> are stroked heavily and neatly bleed into each other\u2019s tones.<\/p>\n<p><b>Boston Manor<\/b> has crafted an EP that caters to an expected, mature progressive alternative rock sound that, at times, retracts back to a sound that has recently secured themselves a concrete fanbase.<\/p>\n<p>4\/5<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/1GhraZRAKLHcqTxQRsgOxc?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2019Saudade EP\u2019<\/em> by <strong>Boston Manor<\/strong> is released on 20th November on <strong>Pure Noise Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Boston Manor<\/strong> links: <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/bostonmanoruk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/bstnmnr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tumblr<\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/bostonmanor.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Aaron Akeredolu (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/boymostlikelyto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@boymostlikelyto<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After intriguing the scene with the unprecedented \u2018Driftwood\u2019 and riding the buzz of their recent Pure Noise Records signing announcement, Blackpool\u2019s Boston Manor has produced \u2018Saudade\u2019 to a fixated audience. Opener \u2019Gone\u2019 is noodly, initially shifting towards the galloping blast-beat swing present in Boston Manor\u2019s sound. There is a distinct refreshing Britishness that Boston Manor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2269],"tags":[1113,66,4356],"class_list":["post-6872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ep-review","tag-boston-manor","tag-pure-noise-records","tag-saudade-ep"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Review: Boston Manor - Saudade EP - Already Heard Staging<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After intriguing the scene with the unprecedented \u2018Driftwood\u2019 and riding the buzz of their recent Pure Noise Records signing announcement, Blackpool\u2019s\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Review: Boston Manor - 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