Golden Blonde – GWEN
IN my mind, which is largely where this blog resides, Golden Blonde are what would happen if Parades dropped a few tabs of acid and really made a week out of a day. Everything across their debut record is elongated like a fruit roll up unrolled and drawn tight between the sweaty paws of youth. It’s like that, save that this is a work of maturity, not sustenance for the listening toddler.I really need to make a decision on whether I’m committing to this metaphor or not. I’m in and out like a shuttle right now. Ther ewas a point in April when I wrote half a piece on their then single ‘Joan’ but somewhere along that journey I lost my way and it never came to be. Today I right the wrongs you never knew existed and, as you should have been able via Sound Doc in April, you can now hear Joan below. Surely it was worth the wait.
Joan has this unnerving, whispy wind sound which sits behind a prolonged, sung note which is in turn behind the frotline vocals. Then, likely because the band thought you were too at ease with what was going on they harmonise that middle prolonged note and punctuate it with what is one of the more discordant guitar tones I’ve heard this year and I own a record called ‘The Best of Discordant Guitar’ so don’t tell me this isn’t a serious situation. It’s deadly serious.
We Begin is probably my favourite from the record. Why? Because I damn well say it is, ok? Don’t be fooled by that first paragraph, this isn’t journalism and I’m not in the business of writing up PR spiels. What I do get to do round here is lob choice musical cuts at you without justification. It’s a Friday afternoon and I’m listening to a record that doesn’t push you to make logical decisions so I might just leave this here.
Artists you need to know rn
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better than Parades, better than PVT, way better than anything anyone else has tried to compare it to.
extravagant claims, Marcus!
gotta this one when i get back to aus! see ya then
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