{"id":24725,"date":"2018-04-07T16:28:25","date_gmt":"2018-04-07T15:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eqmusicblog.com\/?p=24725"},"modified":"2018-04-07T16:30:36","modified_gmt":"2018-04-07T15:30:36","slug":"sxsw-summer-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eqmusicblog.com\/sxsw-summer-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"SXSW 2018 Music Spotlight: Summer Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\"><p>We truly are suckers for any sort of electronic pop, especially when they are from Sweden. So, having had <strong>Summer Heart<\/strong> firmly ticked as one of our must-see artists at <strong>SXSW<\/strong> this year, we made sure we had a good spot at <strong>Cheer Up Charlies<\/strong> when Summer Heart took to the stage. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/07JiJ2XxnPc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We do quite like Summer Heart&#8217;s music. It&#8217;s fun, whimsical dream-pop that lifts up the atmosphere whenever you play it. His track <strong>&#8220;Thinkin of U&#8221;<\/strong> has a euphoric piano riff that makes you long for the beaches of Italy and Spain and fully reminds us that we need to book our next beach holiday sometime very soon. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mZUhdIx10fo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It was however, Summer Heart&#8217;s earlier videos for <strong>&#8220;Beat Of Your Heart&#8221;<\/strong> and <strong>&#8220;Sleep&#8221;<\/strong> that garnered him a bit of attention with over 50K+ views collectively. 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