The boogie runs strong with The Golden Grass. I’d suspected as much when the announcement came through of the Brooklynite trio (featuring members of Strange Haze and La Otracina) releasing their debut single in October as a co-release between Svart and Electric Assault, but confirmation was provided last week at their first gig. Held at Brooklyn’s venerable St. Vitus bar and captured on film by the admirably dedicated Frank Huang, the 12-minute jammer “Wheels” provides sunshiny classic rock that seems only too willing to leave its cares behind.

Sharing vocal duties, guitarist Michael Rafalowich and drummer Adam Kriney lock in singalong-ready verses and choruses while bassist Joe Noval maintains low end flow. The cut definitely works in movements, and as this was their live debut, I’d guess they’re only going to get more fluid, but already you can see chemistry developing between the players as Rafalowich spaces out in a long, soulful jam — it sounds improvised, it may or may not be — before Kriney signals the change back to a simple but memorable hook of a chorus. At first it seems like they’ll let the jam finish the song, but they do right in reversing the structure — going from part one, part two, jam, to jam, part two, part one — adding much swing and intricacy in the fills along the way.

I continue to look forward to hearing that single, so expect to hear more about these guys in the weeks to come. In the meantime, if you’re in that part of the world, The Golden Grass are playing their second show this very evening at Death by Audio in Brooklyn. More info on that follows the clip below.

Enjoy:

The Golden Grass, “Wheels” live at St. Vitus, Sept. 8, 2013

TONITE TUE SEPT 10 2013, get on DOWN to Death By Audio/Brooklyn tonite for a righteously delicious musical concert….

JOVIAN DRIFTS/RESIDUAL ECHOES/THE GOLDEN GRASS…its all here baby!

TGG plays 3rd, 1030-ish on the rock’o’clock.

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Tags: Brooklyn, Electric Assault Records, New York City, Svart Records, The Golden Grass

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