{"id":14920,"date":"2016-09-27T20:41:49","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T01:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bostonsurvivalguide.net\/wordpress\/?p=14920"},"modified":"2016-12-26T20:46:14","modified_gmt":"2016-12-27T01:46:14","slug":"introducing-dark-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bostonsurvivalguide.net\/wordpress\/2016\/09\/introducing-dark-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing… Dark Mean"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The gentle, laid back Canadian indie folk band Dark Mean<\/a><\/strong> must have been named by an anagram aficionado, as they are neither dark nor mean. Actually, Billy Holmes, Sandy Johnston and Mark Dean (a.k.a. Dark Mean, get it?), on their new song “Settle Down,” sound quite light and pleasant, if perhaps a bit wistful. A pretty guitar melody ambles along in a acoustic folksy vein, with a shuffling drum beat and mellow vocals drifting in like a soft daydream. With a simple, sweet piano melody and cymbal flourishes, the dream expands and carries you off. It’s a soothing balm for our harsh, chaotic world.<\/p>\n