Goya Sign to Blues Funeral Recordings; New Album Coming Soon
Phoenix, Arizona, stone-worshiping sludge gutter-outers Goya have returned and will release their fourth album, yet untitled, through Blues Funeral Recordings. Once upon a mid-2010s, the trio led by vocalist/guitarist Jeff Owens were a flagship band for STB Records, but 2017’s Harvester of Bongloads (review here) was issued through the band’s own Opoponax Records. Full-lengths have been part of what Goya have done since their outset circa 2011, but not all of it. Their most recent offering was 2021’s The Universe Wails, an acoustic EP. Before that, a 7″ single in 2019 called “200 and 4.” You get the idea.
I have no concrete info on the state of Goya‘s next record, unfortunately. They say the album will be out in the first half of 2025. If that means late March, this announcement times out well enough for a PR plan to start rolling maybe this week — maybe there’s a press release in my email now? if I get one in the next day or so I’ll replace the social media post below, after that it is what it is unless there’s actually new info or a/v — but if it’s not actually all the way 100 percent done, it could be May or even June before the record shows up. So yeah, I guess that’s me taking an entire paragraph to explain something potentially happening between now and five months from now. Rest assured, I feel accordingly stupid.
This is a good band to have back at it. I’ll keep an eye for more news, but yeah, here’s what they put on Instagram:
We are excited to announce that we’ve partnered with Blues Funeral to release our upcoming fourth full-length album. If you aren’t familiar with the label, we suggest you pop over to their page and get familiar. They’ve been blazing a trail with killer releases, and it’s an honor to be on the roster.
Expect to see the new record in the first half of 2025. The proceeding days will never look the same.
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