{"id":23733,"date":"2026-01-19T13:33:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T13:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=23733"},"modified":"2026-01-19T13:33:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T13:33:54","slug":"middle-name-john-drops-lead-single-from-upcoming-ep-is-it-the-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=23733","title":{"rendered":"Middle Name John drops lead single from upcoming EP <em>is it the bills? <\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-23734\" src=\"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Middle-Name-John-is-it-the-bills.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/middlenamejohn.bandcamp.com\/album\/is-it-the-bills\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middle Name John<\/a> has announced the release of his new EP <em>is it the bills?<\/em>, following on from 2024&#8217;s LP <em>Obviously Confidential<\/em>. Across five tracks, the musician, lyricist, activist and producer continues where he left off, blending incisive lyrics with punchy guitars, live drums and restless electronic touches. <em>is it the bills?<\/em> is rooted in everyday pressure and anxiety, capturing a feeling of being \u201coverwhelmed, overworked, overexposed, and never over\u201d, which Middle Name John turns into something urgent, relatable and playful. The EP features collaborations from Snorkel\u2019s Frank Byng, who drums on every track, and also Nix Bakx, Alessandro La Barbera and Max Mella.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>is it the bills?<\/em> drops on February 24th through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slowfoot.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Slowfoot Records<\/a> and ahead of it Middle Name John has shared the opening track &#8216;Walking Checklist&#8217;. Take a listen below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2995174121\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=de270f\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=479890461\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/middlenamejohn.bandcamp.com\/album\/is-it-the-bills\">is it the bills? by Middle Name John<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Middle Name John has announced the release of his new EP is it the bills?, following on from 2024&#8217;s LP Obviously Confidential. Across five tracks, the musician, lyricist, activist and producer continues where he left off, blending incisive lyrics with punchy guitars, live drums and restless electronic touches. is it the bills? is rooted in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3135],"class_list":["post-23733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-middle-name-john"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23733"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23736,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23733\/revisions\/23736"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}