Earlier tonight as I was trying to get through a stack of new cds that I had uploaded to my iPod, I came across a song that completely caught me off guard. It’s sound seemed to come straight out of the Broken Social Scene canon of music with it’s laid-back mood of dominate bass lines, muted horns and gentle harmonies. What song is it you ask? It’s called “Underneath Gold” from the band Black Before Red who are based in Austin.
I’m not sure how the rest of their debut album Belgrave to Kings Circle stacks up, but i’m more than willing to take that chance after listening to this song numerous times today. It’ll be released on August 14, but you can pre-order it on the band’s myspace along with a sweet t-shirt that actually has the exact same design of a shirt I bought from Threadless a while back. You can download two tracks below including “Underneath Gold” which I highly recommend you listen to. Their website contains three more tracks to download as well, so get to it!
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Black Before Red | “Underneath Gold”
Black Before Red | “Goddess in Trauma”
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