{"id":1994,"date":"2012-02-09T21:41:27","date_gmt":"2012-02-10T02:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=1994"},"modified":"2016-05-19T21:46:47","modified_gmt":"2016-05-20T01:46:47","slug":"bishop-morocco-release-new-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=1994","title":{"rendered":"Bishop Morocco release new EP &#8216;Old Boys&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto&#8217;s Bishop Morocco release their new EP &#8216;Old Boys&#8217; on March 13 via Arts &amp; Crafts. &#8216;Old Boys&#8217; is a six-track EP on which the band moves away from its original new wave influences.\u00a0The band&#8217;s Toronto EP release party is March 8 at Wrongbar.<\/p>\n<p>MP3:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/02\/02-old-boys.mp3\">Bishop Morocco &#8211; Old Boys<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bishop Morocco is the musical vision of James Sayce and Jake Fairley. The Toronto-based duo recorded its 2008 self-titled debut at a homemade studio in their Groningen, Netherlands apartment.\u00a0The band has since added Ian Worang on guitar and Jon McCann on drums.<\/p>\n<p>The band&#8217;s sound was described by Under The Radar Magazine as <em>&#8220;shimmery and sensual new wave that stands on the shoulders of New Order and Joy Division,&#8221;<\/em> and by the National Post as <em>&#8220;sweetly moody atmospheric pop,&#8221;<\/em> These influences are quite evident in Bishop Morocco&#8217;s sound and in a very good way.<\/p>\n<p>Watch an older video for<em> Last Year&#8217;s Disco Guitars<\/em> by Bishop Morocco below.<\/p>\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\/nj_AxGuQ_wI?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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Toronto&#8217;s Bishop Morocco release their new EP &#8216;Old Boys&#8217; on March 13 via Arts &amp; Crafts. &#8216;Old Boys&#8217; is a six-track EP on which the <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=1994\" title=\"Bishop Morocco release new EP &#8216;Old Boys&#8217;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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},"categories":[23,25,28,30,36],"tags":[99,162,438,640,696,866],"class_list":["post-1994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie","category-live","category-music","category-new-release","category-toronto","tag-art-crafts","tag-bishop-morocco","tag-ep","tag-jake-fairley","tag-last-years-disco-guitars","tag-old-boys"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/bishopmorocco10.jpg?fit=3000%2C3000&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-wa","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2196,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=2196","url_meta":{"origin":1994,"position":0},"title":"Arts &amp; Crafts host showcase at SXSW 2012","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"March 5, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Arts & Crafts are holding a stellar SXSW 2012 showcase on Friday March 16 at 512 Bar with 11 artists, including Dan Mangan, \u00a0Zeus, The Darcys, Eight and a Half, Gold & Youth, Bam Bam, Antoine Reverb, Trust, Bishop Morocco, Parlovr, and Molly Rankin. 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