{"id":92979,"date":"2023-04-06T18:20:57","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T17:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=92979"},"modified":"2023-04-06T18:20:57","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T17:20:57","slug":"holding-absence-acrookedmelody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/holding-absence-acrookedmelody\/","title":{"rendered":"Holding Absence Release New Single &#8211; &#8216;A Crooked Melody&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welsh quartet\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/tag\/holding-absence\/\"><strong>Holding Absence<\/strong><\/a> have returned with a new single &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/bfan.link\/a-crooked-melody\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>&#8216;A Crooked Melody&#8217;<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The track is another enthralling offering from the four-piece, blending their distinctive, soaring catchiness with poignant lyricism.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the first slice of new material since last year&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/7ixPK6qVgw0AMX3OsFf2eW?si=usD1_EniSu2aoENb69IQpw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>&#8216;The Lost &amp; The Longing&#8217;<\/em><\/a> split EP with <strong>Alpha Wolf<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>What is<em> &#8216;A Crooked Melody&#8217;<\/em> about?<\/h2>\n<p>Commenting on the track, <strong>Holding Absence<\/strong> vocalist Lucas Woodland said<em>\u00a0\u201cA Crooked Melody is simply a song about denial. It\u2019s the lie we tell ourselves every night to help us sleep, but deep down, we know the truth. However, the big difference between a crooked melody and a lie is that it\u2019s sweet, enchanting and easier to swallow.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Watch the video for <em>&#8216;A Crooked Melody&#8217;<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><iframe title=\"Holding Absence - A Crooked Melody\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4guUJmAnld4?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Where is Holding Absence playing in the UK this summer?<\/h2>\n<p>At present, <strong>Holding Absence<\/strong> are set to kick off an extensive North American tour supporting\u00a0<strong>The Plot In You<\/strong> alongside\u00a0<strong>Thornhill<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Banks Arcade<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, they will be back in the UK this summer as they&#8217;re set to appear at the\u00a0<strong>Slam Dunk Festival<\/strong> in May, and then the\u00a0<strong>2000trees Festival<\/strong> in July.<\/p>\n<p>May<br \/>27th Slam Dunk Festival South, Hatfield<br \/>28th Slam Dunk Festival North, Leeds<br \/>July<br \/>5th-8th 2000 Trees Festival, Cheltenham<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Welsh quartet are back with their first taste of new music of 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17559],"tags":[102],"class_list":["post-92979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-holding-absence"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Holding Absence Release New Single - &#039;A Crooked Melody&#039; 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