{"id":32,"date":"2023-08-06T22:38:42","date_gmt":"2023-08-06T22:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nightshiftblog.com\/?p=32"},"modified":"2023-08-06T22:38:42","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T22:38:42","slug":"quali-explores-sleep-paralysis-on-new-album-when-the-dark-presses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nightshiftblog.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/06\/quali-explores-sleep-paralysis-on-new-album-when-the-dark-presses\/","title":{"rendered":"Quali explores sleep paralysis on new album &#8216;When The Dark Presses&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Alternative shoegaze quartet&nbsp;<strong>Quali&nbsp;<\/strong>release new eight-track album&nbsp;<em>When The Dark Presses<\/em>, each track making for an immersive journey through the experience of sleep paralysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Juxtaposing lyricism with a stream of consciousness quality with instrumentation that roots itself grungy noise pop sensibilities, the album is off-kilter yet seamlessly cohesive in its arrangement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/5gPeWXNPNWDhoH1zhNEP39?si=JAfMR9XBSrSuicoyWDxF0g&#038;utm_source=oembed\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From the gentler feels of opening track \u201cSlow,\u201d the alt-pop cacophony of lead single \u201cEraser,\u201d to the foreboding build of \u201cAnxious\u201d and the slow yet lacerating pace of the title track closing out the album,&nbsp;<em>When The Dark Presses<\/em>is cathartic and comforting in its noisiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recorded at the height of the pandemic, the passionate album of fuzzy, loud and ambient sounds was recorded at home in a showcase of Quali\u2019s resilience and innovation, even as the theme reveals the vulnerability and humanity underneath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Connect with Quali :&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/qualiband\/\">Instagram<\/a>|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/qualiband\/\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alternative shoegaze quartet&nbsp;Quali&nbsp;release new eight-track album&nbsp;When The Dark Presses, each track making for an immersive journey through the experience of sleep paralysis. Juxtaposing lyricism with a stream of consciousness quality with instrumentation that roots itself grungy noise pop sensibilities, the album is off-kilter yet seamlessly cohesive in its arrangement. From the gentler feels of opening [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discover"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nightshiftblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nightshiftblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nightshiftblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nightshiftblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nightshiftblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nightshiftblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nightshiftblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nightshiftblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nightshiftblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nightshiftblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}