{"id":25968,"date":"2016-05-12T07:45:19","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T15:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=25968"},"modified":"2016-05-12T07:45:19","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T15:45:19","slug":"check-out-nancy-pants-impossibly-catchy-songs-happy-and-ive-got-a-crush-on-you-and-everybody-knows-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2016-05\/check-out-nancy-pants-impossibly-catchy-songs-happy-and-ive-got-a-crush-on-you-and-everybody-knows-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Check Out Nancy Pants&#8217; Impossibly Catchy Songs &#8220;Happy&#8221; and &#8220;I&#8217;ve Got A Crush On You and Everybody Knows It&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4978-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-25969\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4978-2-622x600.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4978 (2)\" width=\"622\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4978-2-622x600.jpg 622w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4978-2-150x145.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4978-2-415x400.jpg 415w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4978-2-768x741.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2012-01\/the-year-in-music-the-best-albums-of-2011\/\"><strong>Best Albums of 2011<\/strong><\/a> was <strong>Adam &amp; the Amethysts&#8217;<\/strong> <em><strong>Flickering Flashlight<\/strong><\/em>. <strong>Adam Waito&#8217;s<\/strong> band&#8217;s album was a masterful mix of pop styles combining many influences (from Spector-echo-pop, to 60s\u2019 farfisa organ, to R&amp;B, to plucky folk). But after attaining our prestigious list, the <strong>Amethysts<\/strong> subsequently disappeared into the ether. Or so we thought.<\/p>\n<p>From the interwebs we have finally learned that <strong>Waito<\/strong> is alive and well in various incarnations (<a href=\"http:\/\/silverkeys.bandcamp.com\/track\/the-lamb-in-the-garden-2\"><strong>Silverkeys<\/strong><\/a>, assisting <strong>Julie Doiron<\/strong>, and on solo projects&#8211;listen to all below the featured video). \u00a0The <strong>Waito<\/strong>\u00a0project that&#8217;s particularly grabbed hold of our ears is the Montreal buzz-band, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nancypantsforever.com\/\">Nancy Pants<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>which also features\u00a0singer-guitarist <strong>Ohara Hale<\/strong>. The band&#8217;s live sets are heralded as must-sees (see below). To get a feel for the band, check out their impossibly catchy fuzz-rocker, <em><strong>Happy<\/strong><\/em>, and its bizarre amateur video below capturing a Fairfax Ave. palm tree on fire after a bottle rocket was shot into it (for all you palm tree huggers, the picture above confirms that the palm tree was either nonplussed by the conflagration and roared back to life&#8211;or was replaced).<\/p>\n<p>Afterwards, watch the recently-released video for\u00a0<em><strong>I&#8217;ve Got A Crush On You and Everybody Knows It,\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>evidently from their upcoming\u00a0second album. \u00a0We look forward to hearing it and seeing the band live.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/12771679_1689073224681679_5204082408709359758_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-25974\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/12771679_1689073224681679_5204082408709359758_o-650x402.jpg\" alt=\"12771679_1689073224681679_5204082408709359758_o\" width=\"635\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/12771679_1689073224681679_5204082408709359758_o-650x402.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/12771679_1689073224681679_5204082408709359758_o-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/12771679_1689073224681679_5204082408709359758_o-450x279.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/12771679_1689073224681679_5204082408709359758_o-768x476.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/12771679_1689073224681679_5204082408709359758_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Photo:\u00a0Genevi\u00e8ve Alary<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GA4z3BRaXEs\" width=\"625\" height=\"425\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-PcavJERLwY\" width=\"625\" height=\"425\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0; width: 350px; height: 470px;\" src=\"http:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=4149961136\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/track=4086037133\/transparent=true\/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/silverkeys.bandcamp.com\/album\/free-tracks-4-internetz\">free tracks 4 internetz by Silverkeys<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0; width: 350px; height: 470px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1147494104\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/track=3389010452\/transparent=true\/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/grevilletapes.bandcamp.com\/album\/greville-tapes-vol-2\">Greville Tapes, Vol 2 by Julie Doiron<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/251826408&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of our Best Albums of 2011 was Adam &amp; the Amethysts&#8217; Flickering Flashlight. Adam Waito&#8217;s band&#8217;s album was a masterful mix of pop styles combining many influences (from Spector-echo-pop, to 60s\u2019 farfisa organ, to R&amp;B, to plucky folk). But after attaining our prestigious list, the Amethysts subsequently disappeared into the ether. Or so we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25968"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25980,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25968\/revisions\/25980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}