{"id":25,"date":"2016-10-01T05:22:44","date_gmt":"2016-10-01T05:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simplecarnival.com\/site\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2020-12-20T14:15:29","modified_gmt":"2020-12-20T19:15:29","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/simplecarnival.com\/site\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-457\" src=\"http:\/\/simplecarnival.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/header-with-border-and-top-margin-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"796\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"http:\/\/simplecarnival.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/header-with-border-and-top-margin-3.png 796w, http:\/\/simplecarnival.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/header-with-border-and-top-margin-3-300x72.png 300w, http:\/\/simplecarnival.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/header-with-border-and-top-margin-3-768x183.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Get The Simple Carnival&#8217;s fantastic final album,<strong> <em>Smitten<\/em>, <\/strong> from <a href=\"https:\/\/thesimplecarnival.bandcamp.com\/album\/smitten\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bandcamp<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/smitten\/id1181205520\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iTunes<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thesimplecarnival.bandcamp.com\/album\/smitten\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-769 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/simplecarnival.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/The_Simple_Carnival_Smitten_CD_Cover-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/simplecarnival.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/The_Simple_Carnival_Smitten_CD_Cover-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/simplecarnival.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/The_Simple_Carnival_Smitten_CD_Cover-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/simplecarnival.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/The_Simple_Carnival_Smitten_CD_Cover-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/simplecarnival.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/The_Simple_Carnival_Smitten_CD_Cover-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/simplecarnival.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/The_Simple_Carnival_Smitten_CD_Cover-480x480.jpg 480w, http:\/\/simplecarnival.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/The_Simple_Carnival_Smitten_CD_Cover-1216x1216.jpg 1216w, http:\/\/simplecarnival.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/The_Simple_Carnival_Smitten_CD_Cover-250x250.jpg 250w, http:\/\/simplecarnival.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/The_Simple_Carnival_Smitten_CD_Cover.jpg 1700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Seven years in the making, <em>Smitten<\/em> is eleven tracks of meticulously-crafted power pop bliss. It\u2019s as if Steely Dan, Fleetwood Mac, Todd Rundgren, Burt Bacharach, and The Beach Boys decided to lock themselves in a recording studio for the better part of a decade to see what would happen.<\/p>\n<p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe style=\"width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;left:0px;top:0px;overflow:hidden\" frameborder=\"0\" type=\"text\/html\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/embed\/video\/x7y25ws\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"   allow=\"autoplay\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>[Smitten is] a timeless, understated gem from an undiscovered pop savant.<\/p>\n<div align=\"right\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncut.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Uncut<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>[The Simple Carnival] concocts his songs as the current undisputed master of the pop genre.<\/p>\n<div align=\"right\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/piggledypop.blogspot.fr\/2017\/09\/the-simple-carnival.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Piggledy Pop<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Boller crafts great songs and then has the techno-know-how to work magic on them in his studio. And man oh man&#8230;what a voice. Pop fans will go nuts over the harmonies here. [Smitten] is bursting at the seams with superb melodies and creative arrangements&#8230;Eleven tracks of pure pop perfection. Highly recommended. TOP PICK.<\/p>\n<div align=\"right\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.babysue.com\/2017-Jan-LMNOP-Reviews.html#anchor26069\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Babysue<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Simple Carnival was active from 2001 to 2017 and no longer has a social media presence. However, you can follow Jeff Boller (the main person behind The Simple Carnival) on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jeff-boller-593884a4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get The Simple Carnival&#8217;s fantastic final album, Smitten, from Bandcamp or iTunes! Seven years in the making, Smitten is eleven tracks of meticulously-crafted power pop bliss. It\u2019s as if Steely Dan, Fleetwood Mac, Todd Rundgren, Burt Bacharach, and The Beach Boys decided to lock themselves in a recording studio for the better part of a decade to see what would happen. [Smitten is] a timeless, understated gem from an undiscovered pop savant. 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