{"id":1197,"date":"2016-07-01T12:07:46","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T11:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/?p=1197"},"modified":"2016-07-01T12:07:46","modified_gmt":"2016-07-01T11:07:46","slug":"simon-love-tennis-fan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/?p=1197","title":{"rendered":"Simon Love &#8216;Tennis Fan&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Shindig!\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong>fave Simon Love returns with a new EP. Here&#8217;s the debut for the accompanying video<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tennis Fan by Simon Love\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5HnqiAT0948?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>Following his recent LP <em>It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time<\/em>, Simon Love returns with his new EP &#8220;Tennis Fan&#8221; out on July 1st at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/simonlove.bandcamp.com\/\">simonlove.bandcamp.com<\/a>\u00a0as well as iTunes, Spotify and all those places.<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Formerly of bubblegum-garage John Peel favourites, The Loves, Simon&#8217;s recent offerings have drawn decade-spanning comparisons from Adam Green and Father John Misty to a &#8220;potty-mouthed Macca&#8221;, Elliott Smith, early Todd Rundgren, early Elton John and The Kinks.<\/p>\n<div>In his own words&#8230;&#8221;Tennis Fan use vague tennis terms to detail the end of a relationship, packing in power ballad drums, a triple-tracked guitar solo and an amazing crescendo from A Little Orchestra (London mini-orchestra-to-rent). At live shows there&#8217;ll be tennis balls with download codes attached&#8230;they&#8217;re just as pointless as cassette tapes&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1199 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/a3843699069_16-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"a3843699069_16\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/a3843699069_16-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/a3843699069_16-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/a3843699069_16-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/a3843699069_16-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/a3843699069_16-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/a3843699069_16-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/a3843699069_16.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>LIVE DATES<\/p>\n<p>3rd July- Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach, Please Mind Your Head VII with Euros Childs<br \/>\n28th July- London, The Haunt, Indietracks Warm-Up with Witching Waves<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>29th July- Indietracks Festival, Derbyshire<br \/>\n15th October- A Carefully Planned Festival, Manchester<\/div>\n<span class=\"synved-social-container synved-social-container-share\"><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F1197&#038;t=Simon%20Love%20%E2%80%98Tennis%20Fan%E2%80%99&#038;s=100&#038;p&#091;url&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F1197&#038;p&#091;images&#093;&#091;0&#093;=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shindig-magazine.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F07%2Fa3843699069_16-300x300.jpg&#038;p&#091;title&#093;=Simon%20Love%20%E2%80%98Tennis%20Fan%E2%80%99\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F1197&#038;text=New%20post%20on%20our%20site\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-mail nolightbox\" data-provider=\"mail\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share by email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Simon%20Love%20%E2%80%98Tennis%20Fan%E2%80%99&#038;body=New%20post%20on%20our%20site:%20https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F1197\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Share by email\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/mail.png\" \/><\/a><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shindig!\u00a0fave Simon Love returns with a new EP. Here&#8217;s the debut for the accompanying video Following his recent LP It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time, Simon Love returns with his new EP &#8220;Tennis Fan&#8221; out on July 1st at\u00a0simonlove.bandcamp.com\u00a0as well as iTunes, Spotify and all those places.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[79],"class_list":["post-1197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-videos","tag-simon-love"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1197"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}