{"id":551,"date":"2019-11-04T17:39:29","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T17:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikedeangelis.com\/2019\/?page_id=551"},"modified":"2019-11-04T17:39:29","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T17:39:29","slug":"blaine-campbell-happy-faces-movin-on","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mikedeangelis.com\/2019\/blaine-campbell-happy-faces-movin-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Blaine Campbell – “Happy Faces” & “Movin’ On”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Blaine Campbell’s “Happy Faces”<\/em><\/strong> is Big Stir Digital Single No. 51<\/strong>. It will be available for download on 11\/8\/19, and you can pre-order it here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blaine Campbell’s<\/strong> “Happy Faces”<\/em><\/strong> is a welcome visit from the “gentle folk” era of the sixties. There are echoes of the Beach Boys<\/strong> that are closer to the more introspective Pet Sounds era, rather than the full-throated orchestral roar of tracks like “Sail On Sailor.” It has that peaceful, introspective tone of so many great folk-rock harmony groups from days gone by. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The single features Blaine<\/strong> being backed by David Cook, Chris Moore<\/strong> and Natalie Fratino<\/strong>, collectively known as the \u201cThe California Sound.<\/strong>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tracks also have a touch of the home-made melancholia of early Paul McCartney<\/strong> albums like “McCartney”<\/strong> and “Ram.”<\/strong> “Happy Faces”<\/strong> is a story song, filled with light-hearted characters. “I want to show you…new and different places…where they can discover, all those happy faces…”<\/em> There’s also a sweet little Mama Cass \/ Michelle Phillips Mamas & The Papas<\/strong> “ba ba ba ba, ba ba ba ba…”<\/em> harmony vocal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Movin’ On”<\/em><\/strong> is reminiscent of the instrumental “Let’s Go Away For A While”<\/em><\/strong> from “Pet Sounds,”<\/strong> although it has wordless harmony vocals throughout it. As I said above, the two words that encapsulate what’s happening here are “melodic and gentle.” It’s a perfect antidote to a year that can be, at times, discordant and brutal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Blaine Campbell’s “Happy Faces” is Big Stir Digital Single No. 51. It will be available for download on 11\/8\/19, and you can pre-order it here. Blaine Campbell’s “Happy Faces” is a welcome visit from the “gentle folk” era of the sixties. There are echoes of the Beach Boys that are closer to the more introspective… <\/p>\n

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