{"id":405,"date":"2014-07-08T18:00:16","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T18:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/music.steelwagstaff.com\/?p=405"},"modified":"2014-07-08T18:00:16","modified_gmt":"2014-07-08T18:00:16","slug":"best-aprilmay-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steelwagstaff.info\/wordpress\/best-aprilmay-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of April\/May 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a 6+ hour playlist of songs I listened to and liked in April and May of 2014. Was on paternity leave for a big chunk of this time, getting to know a new being, and away from new music on my computer. It was so worth it. Favorites from this period included Clap! Clap!, Chinese Man, Sun Kil Moon&#8217;s Benji record, Sam &amp; Dave, Bowerbirds&#8217; The Clearing, Jack Rose, Richard Hawley&#8217;s Standing at the Sky&#8217;s End, Agnes Obel&#8217;s Aventine album, Balmorhea&#8217;s Stranger, Dorothy Love Coates, and Brass Bed&#8217;s The Secret Will Keep You.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: April\/May 2014\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/6ndSMUPHomP8rTU81uHbI4?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a 6+ hour playlist of songs I listened to and liked in April and May of 2014. Was on paternity leave for a big chunk of this time, getting to know a new being, and away from new music on my computer. It was so worth it. Favorites from this period included Clap! 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