We are oh so very pleased to present to you The Antique Barking Swirls of Dawn, by Golden Ball. As always, ye shoppe is the place to get some.
Smother.net says…”Folk rock anthems that are mighty and higher than you’d have imagined. Bits and pieces of abstract neurotically precise percussion are dangled out throughout Golden Ball’s fantastic follow-up to their “The Luxury of Pause”. This is good music for good music’s sake.”
“Simultaneously eerie, antic, and intimate, this cryptic, absurdist psychedelia cracks open the modest to find the epic–singing anthems that bring to mind the bizarre microcosms all around us. Sounds bloom, quiver, shrivel, break apart. Orchid totems are proudly planted atop the summits of anthills, and matchbook boats with maple leaf sails set off for the Arctic Circle…”
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We’ll be celebrating the release at Johnny Brenda’s on March 24th with the righteous dudes of Sorted! We recommend purchasing yrself an advanced ticket.
So it’s finally cold here, but we’ve been staying warm by the fire. Until you make it over to the compound, warm up with anticipation of the new Golden Ball record, and upcoming Golden Ball shows…. Jan. 25th: Cake Shop, 152 Ludlow St. NYC. with Shot Heard Around the World and Goatgirl Feb. 1st: Johnny Brendas, Philly. w/ Grizzly Bear, Dirty Projectors. 9pm. Get someone to check your pulse is you miss this show, Seriously. Feb. 2nd: Pi Lam, 3914 Spruce St. Philly. w/ Creeping Weeds, and Brown Recluse Sings. 8pm Mar. 24st: CD Release Show @ Johnny Brendas, Philly, w/Sorted!
Oh yes, the new Golden Ball musical video for “Signature Abstract”. This track was released on gold vinyl a few months back (look for it in the video). It’s also track number 3 on the new album The Antique Barking Swirls of Dawn, which will be released in March. Thank you Mark for making these moving images.
Golden Ball will be in State College, PA (that’s Penn State) on Saturday December 2nd for a special show with Woodwose, at the Tall Shiva Hookah Lounge on College Ave. Stop by and get risen, then stick around for Zaireeka. MMMM…
Our beautiful friend, Lord Whimsy took the newly expanded Golden Ball on a tour of some choice areas around his woody bogdom for a day of video shooting and general frolicking. Joining David, Gill, and Norm, were new members Sarah Jacoby, and Julius Masri. Welcome to the band guys! Their debut performace is coming up on Friday November 3rd at Johnny Brendas, come on out and get high.
Niagara Falls and Golden Ball were included by the nice folks at Whiskey and Apples on their Winter Compilation, along with Marissa Nadler, Viking Moses, and Peter and the Wolf, and The Casanets. You can check it here.
The new Golden Ball 7″ vinyl, “Signature Abstract”/ “Blank” is available now. We did this with gold vinyl and packaged it in a heavy paper and vellum sleeve along with a cdr. There are only 300 of them, and you too can get one in the Shop, and get some preview here.
Golden Ball also covered the Espers track, “Voices” for “Songs from the Sixth Borough”. Dig Philadelphia bands covering other Philadelphia bands. Plain Parade is putting it out. Nice job. You can listen/buy it here.
