{"id":2931,"date":"2014-10-14T20:00:06","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T00:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=2931"},"modified":"2014-10-13T21:55:15","modified_gmt":"2014-10-14T01:55:15","slug":"late-night-listening-thepoint-prettymarsh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2014\/10\/14\/late-night-listening-thepoint-prettymarsh\/","title":{"rendered":"Late Night Listening: The Point, Pretty Marsh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Late Night Listening: a home for things that might be fleeting, might be soothing, might be weird, might be soothing <b>and<\/b> weird. The blogging equivalent of sitting in the garage twiddling radio knobs just to see what might be out there.<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Pretty Marsh is the debut record from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xothepoint.com\/\">The Point<\/a>, the newest project from Michael O&#8217;Neill (JD Samson &#038; MEN, Ladybug Transistor) and Sammy Tunis (formerly of The Lisps). 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