{"id":4494,"date":"2020-05-22T14:54:12","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T14:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.casbahrecords.co.uk\/?p=4494"},"modified":"2020-05-22T14:54:12","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T14:54:12","slug":"missed-by-the-masses-susan-james-sea-glass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casbahrecords.co.uk\/?p=4494","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Missed by the Masses\u2019: Susan James, &#8216;Sea Glass&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/d6832d3b37780e0b8594d0f12\/images\/5e252821-c014-4413-a7a7-87b823aedd99.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Recorded in 2015 then reissued on vinyl in 2019, Susan James\u2019s \u2018Sea Glass\u2019 is a Californian peach of a record which hasn\u2019t reached the audience it deserves. James teamed up with High Llama Sean O\u2019Hagan to help with the musical vision and arrangements and together they produced an absolute gem of a record. Susan herself calls the style a \u201cCalifornia hybrid of melodic psychedelic folk rock\u201d and that\u2019s spot on! From the opening track \u2018Poseidon\u2019s Daughter\u2019 to \u2018Hey Julianne\u2019 we\u2019re treated to some beautiful lilting melodies set against a subtle orchestrated backdrop that I\u2019m sure Brian Wilson would be very happy with. Echoes of The Free Design, The Poppy Family, Laura Nyro and the Beach Boys abound throughout and the harmonies and instrumentation are reminiscent of late 60\u2019s Californian sunshine pop. There\u2019s a limited aquamarine coloured vinyl out there at the moment and I strongly urge you to track down a copy, you won\u2019t be disappointed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recorded in 2015 then reissued on vinyl in 2019, Susan James\u2019s \u2018Sea Glass\u2019 is a Californian peach of a record which hasn\u2019t reached the audience it deserves. James teamed up with High Llama Sean O\u2019Hagan to help with the musical vision and arrangements and together they produced an absolute gem of a record. Susan herself &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/casbahrecords.co.uk\/?p=4494\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018Missed by the Masses\u2019: Susan James, &#8216;Sea Glass&#8217;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/casbahrecords.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4494"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/casbahrecords.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/casbahrecords.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casbahrecords.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casbahrecords.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/casbahrecords.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4494\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/casbahrecords.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casbahrecords.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casbahrecords.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}