Detroit based post-rock, indie sextet Bars of Gold just dropped “$20” from their forthcoming LP SHELTERS. The name of the track was inspired but the way James Brown used to fine his live band anytime they made a mistake on stage. The album, due 12th April via Equal Vision Records, was produced by the band along with Chris Koltay (War on Drugs. Kurt Vile, Deerhunter, etc..).
Consisting of members of seminal post-hardcore band Bear vs. Shark and Detroit experimental mainstays Wildcatting, Bars of Gold have honed in on their frenetic, guitar-driven post-rock with the addition of a 4th guitarist, John Gaviglio, longtime friend of the band and ex-Bear vs. Sharkguitarist. Add in Marc Paffi’s urgent howls and you have an ambient post-rock record with torrential rhythms, a melodic foray of extremely keen sensibilities for dynamics melded with an underlying realized anxiety. Six years since their highly lauded Wheels LP, Bars of Gold are never one to rush a good thing and it’s apparent in the carefully considered music within the tracks of SHELTERS, an album that’s fortified in friendship and family and borders on musical telepathy.