{"id":1160,"date":"2011-10-22T10:38:07","date_gmt":"2011-10-22T14:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=1160"},"modified":"2015-10-17T10:56:22","modified_gmt":"2015-10-17T14:56:22","slug":"first-rate-people-release-new-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=1160","title":{"rendered":"First Rate People release &#8216;Someone Else Can Make A Work Of Art&#8217; EP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/firstratepeople.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1162\" title=\"first rate people\" src=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/firstratepeople.jpg?resize=584%2C197\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"197\" \/><\/a>Gathered together by Jon Lawless and Liam Sanagan, the super\u00a0collaborative First Rate People have returned with a new, free EP, named after their most recent single, <em>Someone Else Can Make A Work Of Art<\/em>. The beautifully poppy release is available for free download from the band\u2019s website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstratepeople.com\" target=\"_blank\">firstratepeople.com<\/a>. The EP features the original version of the title track as well as a remix by Kidstreet, new track <em>Summer Job<\/em>, <em>Funny Games<\/em>, and the First Rate People remix of the Baths\u2019 track <em>Hall<\/em>. The &#8216;Someone Else Can Make A Work Of Art&#8217; EP provides fans with a snapshot of the band\u2019s past year and where they are moving musically in the future.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: inherit; font: normal normal normal 15px\/normal 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.625; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: #1b8be0; font: normal normal normal 15px\/normal 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.625; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/first-rate-people-cover.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1163\" style=\"color: inherit; font: normal normal normal 15px\/normal 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.625; float: left; display: inline; margin-right: 1.625em; height: auto; max-width: 97.5%; margin-bottom: 1.625em; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: #eeeeee; margin-top: .4em; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 6px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;\" title=\"first rate people cover\" src=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/first-rate-people-cover.jpg?w=300&#038;resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>IFC.com\u2019s Grayson Currin said about the title track, &#8220;This is the sound of First Rate People twinkling into the realties of maturity, and they&#8217;ve never sounded better.&#8221; The EP brings into the fold new band\u00a0member Mike Harloff, on loan from Fitness Club Fiasco and retired teacher from Lawless\u2019 high school, Claire Baker, who provided oboe on <em>Summer Job<\/em>, a collaboration the band hopes will continue on future recordings. The band has begun work on their debut full-length, due for release in 2012.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Track listing:<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Summer Job<br \/>\n2. Someone Else Can Make A Work Of Art<br \/>\n3. Funny Games<br \/>\n4. Hall (First Rate People Remix)<br \/>\n5. Someone Else Can Make A Work Of Art (Kidstreet Remix)<\/p>\n<p>For additional information on First Rate People, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstratepeople.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">firstratepeople.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Gathered together by Jon Lawless and Liam Sanagan, the super\u00a0collaborative First Rate People have returned with a new, free EP, named after their most recent <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=1160\" title=\"First Rate People release &#8216;Someone Else Can Make A Work Of Art&#8217; EP\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23,28],"tags":[438,475,494,1088],"class_list":["post-1160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-indie","category-music","tag-ep","tag-first-rate-people","tag-free-download-2","tag-someone-else-can-make-a-work-of-art"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-iI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11540,"url":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=11540","url_meta":{"origin":1160,"position":0},"title":"DOOMSQUAD release remix EP","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"November 7, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"DOOMSQUAD is an art project comprised of Montreal and Toronto based siblings Allie, Jaclyn, and Trevor Blumas - by the way, they are super nice people. 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