Golden Void
Golden Void
Release Date: Nov 13, 2012
Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Heavy Metal, Experimental Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Hard Rock, Stoner Metal, Instrumental Rock
Record label: Thrill Jockey
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Album Review: Golden Void by Golden Void
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Based on rating 8/10
Bay area stoner supergroup Golden Void materialized from Earthless guitarist Isaiah Mitchell's blazingly psychedelic riffs, Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound's Camilla Saufly-Mitchell's looming organ playing, and the heavy-as-hammers rhythm section of Aaron Morgan and Justin Pinkerton, who had been playing together in various bands since high school days. The languid haze and drifty jamminess generally associated with stoner rock is absent on Golden Void's self-titled debut album. Instead of listless improvisation, the seven songs here are an amalgam of hard-living biker rock, organ-driven FM radio-styled classic rock throwbacks, and darkly mystical lyrical imagery.
Based on rating 8/10
When your group are named after a Hawkwind song, well, you've got make sure your reserve of rocket fuel is topped up. Luckily, this San Franciscan crew of youths gone cosmic have that box checked off. On their debut, they don't seek to out-pummel other contemporary hashers with speed or heaviness; rather it's on the golden fields of mood and groove where they excel.
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