{"id":24135,"date":"2015-09-09T12:22:16","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T10:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/?p=24135"},"modified":"2015-09-09T12:22:16","modified_gmt":"2015-09-09T10:22:16","slug":"new-music-mr-little-jeans-waking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/new-music-mr-little-jeans-waking\/","title":{"rendered":"New Music: Mr Little Jeans – Waking Up"},"content":{"rendered":"[dropcap letter=”I”]s summer really “over” in the USA? Perhaps not\u00a0ever\u00a0in Southern California, especially since Norwegian Compton-based\u00a0Mr Little Jeans <\/strong>released\u00a0“Waking Up” in September. This is\u00a0one existential tune that makes listeners feel like\u00a0they’re on a hot air balloon\u00a0ride\u00a0to a place where clouds are tangible.\u00a0Monica Birkenes,\u00a0<\/em>aka\u00a0Mr Little Jeans<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>has had a busy year since\u00a0her entrancing 2011 Arcade Fire cover of “The Suburbs<\/a>.\u00a0Her music filtered through\u00a0Hollywood screens, and she released her debut album Pocketknife last March, growing in talent and life experience.\u00a0“Waking Up”\u00a0<\/strong>is like that joy ride out of the\u00a0busy cityscape into valleys and mountains where the horizon is endlessly blue. Visit her Soundcloud to download the track.<\/a>\u00a0(Send Monica<\/em>\u00a0lots of love and “Get Well Soon” through her channels as she’s just had a foot injury.)<\/p>\n