Title track from Austin-based foursome’s latest
streaming now via KUTX, Austin; Band launches week of tour dates today.
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Broken Gold
(L-R): Ben Lance, Rich Cali, Ian MacDougall, Rob Marchant. Photo Credit: Justin
Wilson.
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Pick up the “Turning
Blue” EP on 7-inch
vinyl and download the “Meet Broken Gold” sampler via Noisetrade!
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Broken Gold – On Tour
10/28 New Orleans, LA @ Siberia
10/29 Tampa, FL @ New World Brewery
10/30 Gainesville, FL @ Loosey’s
10/31 Atlantic Beach, FL @ Harbor Tavern
11/02 Pensacola, FL @ Vinyl Music Hall
11/28 Austin, TX @ End of an Ear In-Store
12/11 Corpus Christi, TX @ House of Rock
12/12 Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald’s
12/19 Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves
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“Recalls the
Replacements or Hüsker Dü, equal parts rousing and reflective” – KUTX, Austin
on Broken Gold
The upcoming “Turning Blue” EP by Broken Gold – hear the title track now via KUTX, Austin
– is the latest from the Austin-based
foursome led by The Riverboat Gamblers
guitarist Ian MacDougall. The
efficient batch of four songs, arriving November
20th via Chicken Ranch
Records, asks some big, hard questions; concerns that have arisen
organically within the band.
In 2009, MacDougall was in a serious car
accident. He lost a year to recuperation, a year in which it was unclear if he
would be physically be able to return to playing music. For MacDougall, who joined The Riverboat Gamblers fresh out of
high school, there was no “Plan B,” and knowing the fastest way through
darkness is just to drive right through it, he’s continued his pursuit of Broken Gold, galvanized by what he’s
endured.
Supported by Ben Lance on guitar, fellow Riverboat Gambler Rob Marchant on bass, and Rich
Cali on drums, MacDougall has
written and recorded his best songs to date, mature and thoughtful without
losing the jittery anxiousness of his youth. Broken Gold invites comparisons to some of the indie rock legends –
Superchunk
in ‘89, Dinosaur Jr in ‘87, The Replacements in ’84 –while still
sounding totally their own.
While MacDougall has already logged a solid
decade with The Riverboat Gamblers,
don’t misunderstand Broken Gold as a
lesser version of the Austin party punk legends. If the Gamblers
represent beer-drenched, Saturday night anarchy-euphoria-oblivion, Broken Gold is the urgent desperation
after the party’s over.
Like the “Turning Blue” EP itself, Broken Gold’s very existence asks the
questions: How do we make sense of the chaos we’ve enjoyed? Are we responsible
for the mess we’ve made, the destruction we’ve caused, and the people we’ve
hurt? How are we even going to make it home?
The “Turning Blue” EP by Broken
Gold arrives November 20th
via Chicken Ranch Records digitally and
on 7-inch vinyl. The title track is streaming now. Ian MacDougall is
available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.
Broken Gold will play a series of
live dates to support the release of the “Turning
Blue” EP. See below for complete
itinerary.
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Broken Gold
“Turning Blue” EP
(Chicken Ranch Records)
Nov. 20th, 2015
Track Listing:
02. Groundwork
03. Harm/Joy
04. Nov/Dec
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Broken Gold Links
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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion
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