{"id":40380,"date":"2014-05-06T18:04:16","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T23:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/?p=40380"},"modified":"2014-05-06T18:04:38","modified_gmt":"2014-05-06T23:04:38","slug":"altered-sky-stop-and-live-ep-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2014\/altered-sky-stop-and-live-ep-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Altered Sky | <em>Stop and Live<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">by Jenn Carbaugh<\/span><br \/>\n&#8211; Columnist  &#8212;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Altered-Sky-Stop-and-Live-350x350.jpg\" alt=\"Altered Sky Stop and Live\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-40382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Altered-Sky-Stop-and-Live-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Altered-Sky-Stop-and-Live-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Altered-Sky-Stop-and-Live.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>Altered Sky is fulfilling their fairy tale while they paint stories with their self-written material.  This Glasgow rock band has an ambitious feat ahead of them with 3 U.K. tours.  The contagious words of lyricist Ana Nowosielska let this female fronted band truly animate who they are with their music.  Not only are they led by a female vocalist, they have a female drummer.  That\u2019s one reason they stand out in a crowd.  Another reason is that this hard-working five-piece has started from the bottom by working small venues.  They have put in effort to get the fan-base that they have today.  <\/p>\n<p>The EP starts with \u201cWhere I belong.\u201d  It is a simple and somewhat slow start.  It isn\u2019t quite pop, and it\u2019s not rough enough to be rock.  \u201cTraitor In Me\u201d has more life to it.  This is a song that has more ambition and confidence projection.  The sound can compare to that of songs by Paramore.  Altered Sky carries more of a punk-pop sound throughout this EP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDecay\u201d is also simple but catchy.  The chorus is a bit infectious and can easily get stuck in your head.  \u201cLive For It\u201d keeps up with the overall progression of the EP.  It\u2019s enjoyable and upbeat.  They are getting the attention they deserve by playing some larger venues.  They are working their way up the musical ladder.  <\/p>\n<p>Genre: Rock, Pop-Rock<\/p>\n<p>Band:<br \/>\nAna Nowosielska \u2013 vocals<br \/>\nAmy Blair \u2013 drums<br \/>\nRichard Passe \u2013 guitar<br \/>\nNeil Ramsay \u2013 guitar<br \/>\nRoss Archibald \u2013 bass<\/p>\n<p>Track Listing:<br \/>\n01.\tWhere I Belong<br \/>\n02.\tTraitor In Me<br \/>\n03.\tDecay<br \/>\n04.\tLive For It<\/p>\n<p>Label: Native Records<\/p>\n<p>Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/alteredsky.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/alteredsky.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hardrock Haven Rating: 7\/10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">by Jenn Carbaugh &#8211; Columnist &#8212; Altered Sky is fulfilling their fairy tale while they paint stories with their self-written material. This Glasgow rock band has an ambitious feat ahead of them with 3 U.K. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2014\/altered-sky-stop-and-live-ep-review\/\" title=\"Altered Sky | Stop and Live\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":40382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10848],"tags":[9270,8289,9272,9262,2387,9271],"class_list":{"0":"post-40380","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arcrvws2014","8":"tag-altered-sky","9":"tag-ep-review","10":"tag-native-records","11":"tag-pop-rock","12":"tag-rock","13":"tag-stop-and-live"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}