{"id":425,"date":"2011-03-07T09:54:46","date_gmt":"2011-03-07T14:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=425"},"modified":"2011-03-07T10:13:58","modified_gmt":"2011-03-07T15:13:58","slug":"jordan-bolton-confidence-is-just-another-word-for-pretend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2011\/03\/07\/jordan-bolton-confidence-is-just-another-word-for-pretend\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan Bolton: Confidence is Just Another Word for Pretend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2011\/03\/07\/jordan-bolton-confidence-is-just-another-word-for-pretend\/jordan-bolton-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-429\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/jordan-bolton-2-374x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"jordan-bolton-2\" width=\"374\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-429\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What were you doing when you were 18? Nearly single-handedly producing fully realized songs and then promoting your music around the world? The continued maturation of the internet as a tool is making this more possible, and Jordan Bolton of Manchester, England, is taking advantage of that. Bolton has released two EPs, <em>Jazz Hands<\/em> and <em>Silver Age<\/em>, via free download (two songs from <i>Silver Age<\/i> are available below and both EPs can be obtained through the links at the end of the post), and as you listen to these collections you get the sense of a young artist&#8217;s growth and evolution being documented as he absorbs influences and lets them flow lightly into his own unique compositions.<\/p>\n<p>Each song on <em>Silver Age<\/em>, his latest, has at least one sublime element in it: the pounding drums of &#8220;Lull&#8221;, the loping bassline of &#8220;Control&#8221;, the infectious chorus of &#8220;Black and Grey&#8221;. While becoming firmly rooted in your head (and later coming out as a hum as you go about your day), these songs make you excited to hear what&#8217;s next.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"100%\" height=\"81\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/player.soundcloud.com\/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F10880430&amp;show_comments=true&amp;auto_play=false&amp;color=ff7700\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"100%\" height=\"81\" src=\"http:\/\/player.soundcloud.com\/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F10880430&amp;show_comments=true&amp;auto_play=false&amp;color=ff7700\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\"><\/embed><\/object> <span><a href=\"http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/italianjab\/black-and-grey\">Black And Grey<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/italianjab\">Jordan Bolton<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"100%\" height=\"81\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/player.soundcloud.com\/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F10880350&amp;show_comments=true&amp;auto_play=false&amp;color=ff7700\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"100%\" height=\"81\" src=\"http:\/\/player.soundcloud.com\/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F10880350&amp;show_comments=true&amp;auto_play=false&amp;color=ff7700\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\"><\/embed><\/object> <span><a href=\"http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/italianjab\/control\">Control<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/italianjab\">Jordan Bolton<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/italianjab\" target=\"blank\">Jordan Bolton @ Soundcloud<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/myspace.com\/jordanbolton\" target=\"blank\">Jordan Bolton @ MySpace<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/music\/Jordan+Bolton\" target=\"blank\">Jordan Bolton @ Last.fm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What were you doing when you were 18? 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