{"id":5239,"date":"2023-03-02T14:31:33","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T14:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/?p=5239"},"modified":"2024-02-14T17:11:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T17:11:45","slug":"pieces-of-dreams-the-velvet-hand-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/pieces-of-dreams-the-velvet-hand-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Pieces of Dreams &#8211; The Velvet Hand 7&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gonna aim to post a\u00a0trio of 7&#8221;s today, if all goes well&#8230; The first up on the docket is the lone\u00a0single by Swedish band Pieces of Dreams, released in 1986. The single consists of two tracks of superb ethereal darkwave vibes. I&#8217;m reminded a bit of Concrete Blonde, if they fully embraced the vibes that were hinted at on\u00a0<em>Bloodletting<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The A-side is upbeat and punchy, while the flip is a bit more sprawling and moody overall. Regardless, both tracks tick that sweet spot that we know and love, so hope you enjoy them as much as I do&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/pieces-of-dreams-the-velvet-hand-7\/r-2755838-1299600361\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5240\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5240\" src=\"http:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/R-2755838-1299600361-295x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/R-2755838-1299600361-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/R-2755838-1299600361.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pieces of Dreams &#8211;\u00a0<em>The Velvet Hand<\/em> 7&#8221;<br \/>\n1. The Velvet Hand<br \/>\n2. No Man&#8217;s Land<\/p>\n<p>*<a href=\"https:\/\/systemsofromance.com\/SOR\/piecesofdreams.zip\">download it here<\/a>*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gonna aim to post a\u00a0trio of 7&#8221;s today, if all goes well&#8230; The first up on the docket is the lone\u00a0single by Swedish band Pieces of Dreams, released in 1986. The single consists of two tracks of superb ethereal darkwave vibes. I&#8217;m reminded a bit of Concrete Blonde, if they fully embraced the vibes that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,144,185,957,19,311],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1980s","category-144","category-darkwave","category-pieces-of-dreams","category-post-punk","category-swedish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5239"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5376,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5239\/revisions\/5376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}