{"id":4932,"date":"2013-02-21T20:16:59","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T01:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/?p=4932"},"modified":"2013-02-21T20:50:32","modified_gmt":"2013-02-22T01:50:32","slug":"savannah-stopover-preview-stop-light-observations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2013\/02\/21\/savannah-stopover-preview-stop-light-observations\/","title":{"rendered":"Savannah Stopover preview: Stop Light Observations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><div class=\"e26b170012445c56d240655bdd03f7bf\" data-index=\"10\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script async src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:300px;height:600px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5595881567027133\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8268618372\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<br \/>\nThis is another in a periodic series of previews of acts playing the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.savannahstopover.com\" target=\"_blank\">2013 Savannah Stopover<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the facts that Stop Light Observations is based just up the road in Charleston and has over 17,600 fans <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/stoplightobservations\" target=\"_blank\">on Facebook<\/a>, I first listened to the band just a few weeks ago after they were announced for the Stopover.<\/p>\n<p>How did I miss such a great sound for so long?<\/p>\n<p>As noted on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stoplightobservations.com\/?p=103\" target=\"_blank\">the SLO website<\/a>, the band mixes and crosses genres in ways that are hard to define. So I won&#8217;t try to.<\/p>\n<p>You can preview and buy Stop Light Observations&#8217; 2012 demo album <em>The Zoo<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/album\/the-zoo\/id569923302?v0=9989&#038;ign-mpt=uo%3D1\" target=\"_blank\">on iTunes<\/a>, and you can hear it all on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stoplightobservations.com\/?page_id=151\" target=\"_blank\">this page of the band&#8217;s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Notice the rich layers here in &#8220;Search Into Your Soul&#8221; beginning with lead singer Will Blackburn&#8217;s intense, seductive voice. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F65133257\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This great video for &#8220;Circadian Rhythms&#8221; &#8212; a little poppier than some of the other tunes &#8212; also gives a sense of Stop Light Observations&#8217; sound and sensibility. I like the catchy chorus. (There&#8217;s also quite literally a chorus of children at the end, by the way.)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rqgCXOOlgQg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Stop Light Observations will play the Congress Street Social Club at midnight on Friday, March 8 &#8212; a prime slot. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.savannahstopover.com\/schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> for the full Savannah Stopover schedule. <\/p>\n<p>Over the next couple of weeks, I&#8217;ll be posting quite a number of short previews like this. 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