The Golden Awesome return to Christchurch's Darkroom for another night of sweeping shoegaze indie bliss. Supporting are the aptly-named Golden Orange. Show starts at 9pm (come to T54's in-store next door at Galaxy at 8pm and just stay on!), entry is free.
Here's some gunk from the critics about the Golden Awesome's debut album Autumn:
As soon as the first barrage of huge distorted chords began to rumble out of my speakers, I knew I'd made a wise choice.
****, Sunday Star Times (Grant Smithies)
Autumn lives up to, and actually surpasses my expectations, positioning it as the best local record I’ve heard all year.
*****, Fishhead (Martyn Peperell)
There is a level of emotion and power to Autumn that most shoegaze bands (past and present) totally bypass.
****, All Music Guide (Tim Sendra)
A good record for a scene in a movie where a bunch of really intelligent people have been invited to a dinner party but the hostess spiked the soup with DMT and now everyone's wiggling around on a beautiful carpet, staring at the ceiling with glassy eyes.
(Ari Spool, Impose Magazine, NY)
The Golden Awesome are the best f***ing band in the world!
(Andrew Wilson, Die!Die!Die!)
