The Golden Grass Recording Fourth LP for Release in 2023
Very, very curious to hear what a fourth full-length from Brooklyn-based melodic heavy rock traditionalists The Golden Grass will entail. Even without the two pandemic years between, the band’s 2018 third album, Absolutely (review here), pushed their style to its furthest progressive reach, building on the foundation of harmonies and classic heavy rock from the first two LPs but inherently pulling away from the straightforward songcraft of their Svart-issued 2014 self-titled debut (review here) — 2016’s Coming Back Again (review here) was an organic halfway between the two points, as one would hope — in favor of more complex structures.
The band have been widely lauded, certainly by me, also by many others, since even before the first record — and the sense I’ve always gotten from them is they know it — and accordingly, I’m wondering if their fourth record will continue the progression of the third or attempt to strip back some of the flourish in favor of a return to the sunshiny charm of their roundly cherished earlier material. I’ve heard nothing of it or from them since before covid hit, so I’m not playing coy — I genuinely don’t know what’s up or what “new perspectives” might manifest in their sound — but they posted the notice below on social media so old people like me could see it and, well, I guess that worked.
Also somewhat curious through what label the yet-untitled album — presumably a 2023 release — will come out. Their last two were on Listenable Records, and three-album deals are a thing that happens, but it’s been long enough to justify wondering at least in my own head. Certainly Ripple Music or Heavy Psych Sounds would be a fit and lucky to have them, but so would a bunch of other outlets, Stickman, Lay Bare, and the up and coming Majestic Mountain Records among them and in keeping with the band’s steady focus on Europe.
So, more to come.
For now:
THE GOLDEN GRASS – New Album Recording
Excited to say we just spent 4 days at #UrbanSpaceman studio in Brooklyn, NY (with @electrorocket engineering) tracking main instruments for our next (and 4th) full length album! It was a smashing success, the takes sound brilliant, and the playing is truly inspired!
We started writing these tunes back in 2019, after we returned from our 5th European tour, with the almighty @wedge.band, and the plan was to take a year off, write a new album and release it in 2020…obviously things didn’t work out as planned, for anyone…
But here we are, finally, and perhaps the elongated break gave us infinite new perspectives into our writing, and more time than we would have initially given ourselves, so, we take it all as the blessing the universe intended!
Next step, is tracking all overdubs and vocals at Adam’s #InforTheKill studio in Brooklyn, NY…and then finally for 4 days of mixing with the brilliant @jeffreyberner at Studio G in early October….
http://www.facebook.com/thegoldengrass
http://www.twitter.com/TheeGoldenGrass
http://www.thegoldengrass.bandcamp.com
http://www.listenable.net
http://www.facebook.com/listenablerecs
http://www.twitter.com/Listenable
I believe the singer from Golden Grass has his own label. I pretty sure he put out stuff for his other bands on it.
https://www.facebook.com/InForTheKillRecords
Yeah, that’s Adam, vocals/drums. He’s done a lot of his La Otracina stuff and some Rattlesnake, and some of The Golden Grass’ EP stuff, but they’ve always seemed to want something with a broader reach for proper studio albums. I’m just interested to see where it ends up, that’s all. Could be Listenable again for all I know.