{"id":27691,"date":"2025-01-06T10:23:36","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T10:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiedockmusicblog.co.uk\/?p=27691"},"modified":"2025-01-06T10:29:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T10:29:18","slug":"william-mclaughlin-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiedockmusicblog.co.uk\/?p=27691","title":{"rendered":"William McLaughlin &#8211; Better"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<br><p>Currently, the artist is preparing to release his first album, and the single &#8216;Better&#8217; aims to present his new professional sound. His new single &#8216;Better&#8217; is a direct proof of his talent because there is something original and authentic in this song that necessarily marks a charismatic artist.&nbsp;<\/p><br><p>In this song, steel bass and powerful drum beats intertwine with inventive guitar and a palette of interesting sound effects. William McLaughlin&#8217;s mesmerizing vocals weave beautifully into the music, with lyrics about striving to find your best self and becoming better every day. The song &#8216;Better&#8217; has a significant flare of funk-rock experimental alternative of the 90s that subtly mixes with modern indie trends on the British music scene.&nbsp;<\/p><span style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><br><\/span><p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">Listen to the single &#8216;Better&#8217; below on Spotify and discover the work of promising artist William McLaughlin.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Better\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/2GcEVpfvBmhrs5PZst4Udq?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Press only (pre release) Better\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/88CgKuQsytk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Better&#8217; is the new single from London-based artist William McLaughlin (WGMC) released on January 4. Creating his own music, William McLaughlin brings interesting ideas to the arrangement and sound of his solo project. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27692,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[35,14],"class_list":["post-27691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-single-reviews","tag-alternative-rock","tag-uk"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indiedockmusicblog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_8431.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiedockmusicblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiedockmusicblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiedockmusicblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiedockmusicblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiedockmusicblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27691"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/indiedockmusicblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27696,"href":"https:\/\/indiedockmusicblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27691\/revisions\/27696"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiedockmusicblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiedockmusicblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiedockmusicblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiedockmusicblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}