Golden Void – Rise To The Out Of Reach (Thrill
Jockey)
7” Vinyl
20 April 2013
The new single from
San Francisco quartet, Golden Void, released on Record Store Day with a limited
edition of 700 copies, follows hot on the heels of the eponymously titled debut
album from last year.
Both the title track
and flipside ‘Smiling Raven’ have a live feel and both have an almost prog feel
without, thankfully, going all the way.
‘Rise To The Out Of Reach’ launches straight into what sounds like an
instrumental break usually placed midway through a track after a slight
fade-in. It has a good deep bass and a
meandering guitar solo, that whilst it isn’t particularly amazing, is
entertaining nonetheless. The vocals
nestle somewhere between a shy, retiring Bruce Dickinson with a hint of Jack
Black, and, have the ability to soar way above the instruments. A nice enough track which I played three or
four times before committing comments to laptop and one which does have
memorable hook. If it has any downfall,
it’s the slightly dated feel in part, but, a great full sound when played at
volume. Ordinarily not my cup of tea,
but an addictive track.
‘Smiling Raven’ fades
in again, and, again seems to start halfway through. Similar again with screeching guitars and
heavy on the drum, going more down the heavy rock road of 70s/80s. To be honest , a bit of a non event of an
instrumental sounding like a four minute fade-out without any real hook of
note. Slightly without any real
structure and generally passing you by.
6/10
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