{"id":807564,"date":"2020-05-18T09:32:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T15:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rocksound.tv\/news\/read\/listen-remo-drives-thought-provoking-new-song"},"modified":"2020-05-18T09:32:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T15:32:00","slug":"listen-remo-drives-thought-provoking-new-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/listen-remo-drives-thought-provoking-new-song\/","title":{"rendered":"LISTEN: Remo Drive\u2019s Thought-Provoking New Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"excerpt\">\n<p>This is &#8216;Ode To Joy 2&#8217;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" alt src=\"https:\/\/www.rocksound.tv\/assets\/uploads\/remodrive_2020.jpg\"><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Remo Drive have released another track from their upcoming new album.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Ode To Joy 2&#8217; is jaunty little rock and roll number that according to vocalist&nbsp;Erik Paulson is a culmination of the last few years of writing:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe lyrics were inspired by the excess I perceived around me as I transitioned from being a college student into touring full time. Most people who\u2019ve done either can confirm that many social interactions are built around having a drink or smoking weed. Once the honeymoon period of exploration was over for me, I became frustrated with the omnipresence of drugs and alcohol and wanted to write about it&#8230; Oh what fun it is laughing at nothing, by this age we all have it down.. When I wrote the final version of the lyrics, I tried to connect with how I think when I\u2019m drunk. I always feel as though I\u2019m loving and hating every second of it. This song captures that same ambivalence.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The video, recorded just before quarantine, shares that same ambivalence as well. Check it out below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O8YI9vKYUEM\" width=\"635\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The track is set to appear on &#8216;Portrait Of An Ugly Man&#8217; which is set for release on June 26 via Epitaph.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s &#8216;Star Worship&#8217;:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/buoFvnr4Eyk\" width=\"635\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocksound.tv\/news\/read\/listen-remo-drives-thought-provoking-new-song\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rock Sound News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is &#8216;Ode To Joy 2&#8217;. Remo Drive have released another track from their upcoming new album.&nbsp; &#8216;Ode To Joy 2&#8217; is jaunty little rock and roll number that according to vocalist&nbsp;Erik Paulson is a culmination of the last few years of writing: \u201cThe lyrics were inspired by the excess I perceived around me as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-807564","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-10 20:06:55","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=807564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807564\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}