{"id":36896,"date":"2021-05-21T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=36896"},"modified":"2023-04-06T23:18:50","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T03:18:50","slug":"massage-share-half-a-feeling-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=36896","title":{"rendered":"Massage share \u2018Half A Feeling\u2019 video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Massage&nbsp;have shared the first video lifted from their&nbsp;upcoming \u2018Still Life\u2019&nbsp;LP. The <em>Half A Feeling<\/em> video juxtaposes shots of the band driving around L.A. with the recollections of moving to California. Check out the video clip via YouTube below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gka4qAM194M?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More about \u2018Still Life\u2019<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>On their sophomore effort,&nbsp;\u2018Still Life,\u2019&nbsp;Los Angeles\u2019 Massage manage to take a quantum leap forward in songwriting, production, and depth, all somehow without seeming to try. These 12 deft songs are full of late-summer sunlight and deep shadows, pained grins and shared jokes, shy declarations of love and quietly nursed heartbreak.&nbsp;\u2018Still Life\u2019 resurrects a brief, romantic moment in the late-&#8217;80s, right after post-punk and immediately before alt-rock, when it seemed like any scrappy indie band might stumble across a hit.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The kind of music Massage makes\u2014sunny, bittersweet, tender\u2014is less a proper genre than a minor zip code nested within guitar pop. Take a little <em>There She Goes<\/em> by the La&#8217;s, some <em>If You Need Someone<\/em> by the Field Mice; the honey-drizzled guitars from The Cure&#8217;s <em>Friday I&#8217;m In Love<\/em>,  a Jesus &amp; Mary Chain backbeat, and you&#8217;re almost all the way there. Indie pop, jangle pop, power pop\u2014whatever you call it, pushing too hard scares the spirit right out of this sweet, diffident music, and Massage have a touch so light the songs seem to form spontaneously, like wry smiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/86333DC5-A0C8-45E9-BB74-421C518E422F.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/86333DC5-A0C8-45E9-BB74-421C518E422F.jpeg?resize=1000%2C751\" alt=\"Massage Still Life vinyl\" class=\"wp-image-36899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/86333DC5-A0C8-45E9-BB74-421C518E422F.jpeg?w=1000 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/86333DC5-A0C8-45E9-BB74-421C518E422F.jpeg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/86333DC5-A0C8-45E9-BB74-421C518E422F.jpeg?resize=768%2C577 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/86333DC5-A0C8-45E9-BB74-421C518E422F.jpeg?resize=678%2C509 678w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/86333DC5-A0C8-45E9-BB74-421C518E422F.jpeg?resize=326%2C245 326w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/86333DC5-A0C8-45E9-BB74-421C518E422F.jpeg?resize=80%2C60 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Massage&nbsp;have shared the first video lifted from their&nbsp;upcoming \u2018Still Life\u2019&nbsp;LP. 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