Gold Class

GOLD CLASS ‘Drum’ album tour!

Praise for Drum

“Drum is darkly ecstatic music that sounds both defiant and spirited.” – The Music ★★★★

“…a landmark moment in Australian punk’n’roll.” – Herald Sun ★★★★

“Bass spasms and kinetic drums unite, underpinning Adam Curley’s delivery – fans of The National or Interpol had best tune in.” – CLASH

“Drum is a brash and incandescent Australian rock album, with a vulnerability and honesty that is worthy of deep admiration and repeated listens.” – FBi Radio

“The band is post-punk at its core, but singer Adam Curley’s gripping delivery conjures up shades of Morrissey and the lyrical despair of Protomartyr.” – Paste Magazine

“Gold Class come off as an aggressive post-punk version of The Smiths thanks to singer Adam Curley’s deep, lingering vocals.” – Stereogum

“The Atmosphere on Drum is correspondingly dark and somewhat menacing, with Curley singing like his life depended on it.” – The Morning Star UK ★★★★

FBi Radio – Album Of The Week
PBS FM – Feature Album
2SER – Feature Album

Gold Class have released their highly anticipated album Drum – out via Barely Dressed Records andRemote Control. Drum is the bold follow-up to the slow-burning cult-success of 2015 debut It’s You. Its a brasher, vivid widescreen account of a band hitting its stride; an urgent, defiant and beautiful new document from the band.
 
When naming the album, Adam Curley, singer and lyricist for Gold Class, needed a word – a hook on which to pin his band’s new album. “Drum is primitive,” he says, “It’s physical. It’s the beat of your heart. It’s immediate.”
 
Drum showcases a new side to the band, a confidence not detectible in the brittle post-punk of their previous releases. Richer textures, moments of sweetness and melancholy belie themes of submission, authority, ecstasy and heartbreak – distilling all the complexities of life into a fateful, thumping pulse.
 
“The week we started to write Drum, my relationship ended and I was left alone in a draughty old house. I sat around with my notebook, the quiet hours cut with news from friends and the TV: the suicides of musicians and writers I’d known and queer kids I hadn’t; the systematic abuse of vulnerable people, the constant mockery of anyone on the out…
 
…I wanted it to be a record of defiance, a resistance to the idea of scrambling for a place at a table that wasn’t set for you. A sort of a love letter to anyone who not only can’t meet the standard but doesn’t want to.” – Adam Curley
 
Recorded at Melbourne’s Head Gap and Tropical Fuck Storm Studios and produced by Gareth Liddiardof The Drones, Drum sees Gold Class expand their sonic pallet. Opening gurner ‘Twist in the Dark’ lifts Curley’s howl over an escalating pummel, and ‘Rose Blind’, ‘We Were Never Too Much’ and closer ‘Lux’ each hinge on the ragged marriage of new pop smarts and furious guitar squalls. But there’s a space, too – see the keening, early-morning comedown of ‘Trouble Fun’; skeletal echo of ‘Mercurian’; the gentle ebb and flow of ‘Place We Go’.
 
The wondrous force of the band’s live show no doubt served as both musical and thematic inspiration for the album. Indeed, it was Liddiard that was instructive in helping the band capture this force. “We wanted to take a risk,” says singer Adam Curley. “He was the one person everyone felt could do something interesting with the album. He was able to simultaneously push us outside our comfort zone and help us achieve what we set out to do in the first place.”
 
Drum stands to be both personal and political, as Curley explained early on, “I wanted the album to be defiant and full of skin and trouble and spit and love.” Drum attempts to distil that messy scope into a brave new album. Whatever will come, the beat – at least – goes on.
 
“We played out like an echoing drum / We were beaten, but I still feel a thump”
 
Stream / Purchase Drum now: https://goldclass.lnk.to/drumPR

Gold Class – Drum
Twist In The Dark
Rose Blind
Get Yours
Trouble Fun
Bully
Thinking Of Strangers
We Were Never Too Much
Mercurian
Place We Go
Lux

Gold Class – Drum is out now
via Barely Dressed / Remote Control Records. 

Gold Class Online:
Facebook | Instagram | Website | Twitter  | Bandcamp

GOLD CLASS New album Drum out today

Praise for Drum

“Drum is darkly ecstatic music that sounds both defiant and spirited.” – The Music ★★★★

“…a landmark moment in Australian punk’n’roll.” – Herald Sun ★★★★

“Bass spasms and kinetic drums unite, underpinning Adam Curley’s delivery – fans of The National or Interpol had best tune in.” – CLASH

“Drum is a brash and incandescent Australian rock album, with a vulnerability and honesty that is worthy of deep admiration and repeated listens.” – FBi Radio

“The band is post-punk at its core, but singer Adam Curley’s gripping delivery conjures up shades of Morrissey and the lyrical despair of Protomartyr.” – Paste Magazine

“Gold Class come off as an aggressive post-punk version of The Smiths thanks to singer Adam Curley’s deep, lingering vocals.” – Stereogum

“The Atmosphere on Drum is correspondingly dark and somewhat menacing, with Curley singing like his life depended on it.” – The Morning Star UK ★★★★

FBi Radio – Album Of The Week
PBS FM – Feature Album
2SER – Feature Album

Gold Class today release their highly anticipated album Drum – out via Barely Dressed Records andRemote Control. Drum is the bold follow-up to the slow-burning cult-success of 2015 debut It’s You. Its a brasher, vivid widescreen account of a band hitting its stride; an urgent, defiant and beautiful new document from the band.

When naming the album, Adam Curley, singer and lyricist for Gold Class, needed a word – a hook on which to pin his band’s new album. “Drum is primitive,” he says, “It’s physical. It’s the beat of your heart. It’s immediate.”

Drum showcases a new side to the band, a confidence not detectible in the brittle post-punk of their previous releases. Richer textures, moments of sweetness and melancholy belie themes of submission, authority, ecstasy and heartbreak – distilling all the complexities of life into a fateful, thumping pulse.

“The week we started to write Drum, my relationship ended and I was left alone in a draughty old house. I sat around with my notebook, the quiet hours cut with news from friends and the TV: the suicides of musicians and writers I’d known and queer kids I hadn’t; the systematic abuse of vulnerable people, the constant mockery of anyone on the out…

…I wanted it to be a record of defiance, a resistance to the idea of scrambling for a place at a table that wasn’t set for you. A sort of a love letter to anyone who not only can’t meet the standard but doesn’t want to.” – Adam Curley

Recorded at Melbourne’s Head Gap and Tropical Fuck Storm Studios and produced by Gareth Liddiardof The Drones, Drum sees Gold Class expand their sonic pallet. Opening gurner ‘Twist in the Dark’ lifts Curley’s howl over an escalating pummel, and ‘Rose Blind’, ‘We Were Never Too Much’ and closer ‘Lux’ each hinge on the ragged marriage of new pop smarts and furious guitar squalls. But there’s a space, too – see the keening, early-morning comedown of ‘Trouble Fun’; skeletal echo of ‘Mercurian’; the gentle ebb and flow of ‘Place We Go’.

The wondrous force of the band’s live show no doubt served as both musical and thematic inspiration for the album. Indeed, it was Liddiard that was instructive in helping the band capture this force. “We wanted to take a risk,” says singer Adam Curley. “He was the one person everyone felt could do something interesting with the album. He was able to simultaneously push us outside our comfort zone and help us achieve what we set out to do in the first place.”

Drum stands to be both personal and political, as Curley explained early on, “I wanted the album to be defiant and full of skin and trouble and spit and love.” Drum attempts to distil that messy scope into a brave new album. Whatever will come, the beat – at least – goes on.

“We played out like an echoing drum / We were beaten, but I still feel a thump”
Stream / Purchase Drum now: https://goldclass.lnk.to/drumPR

Gold Class have also announced a headline tour. Details are below and tickets are on sale today.

Gold Class ‘Get Yours’ (Official Video)

Gold Class Tour Dates

November 4 – The Foundry, Brisbane – Tickets

November 11 – The Night Cat, Melbourne – Tickets

November 18 – Oxford Arts Factory, Sydney- Tickets

Gold Class – Drum

Twist In The Dark
Rose Blind
Get Yours
Trouble Fun
Bully
Thinking Of Strangers
We Were Never Too Much
Mercurian
Place We Go
Lux

Gold Class Online:
Facebook | Instagram | Website | Twitter  | Bandcamp

GOLD CLASS New album – Drum

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PRAISE FOR GOLD CLASS

FBi Feature Album PBS Breakfast Spread Feature

“Bass spasms and kinetic drums unite, underpinning Adam Curley’s delivery – fans of The National or Interpol had best tune in.” – CLASH

“Gold Class come off as an aggressive post-punk version of The Smiths thanks to singer Adam Curley’s deep, lingering vocals.” – Stereogum 

“But with frontman Adam Curley’s vein-popping delivery, and the kind of fretwork that at least necessitates the odd shoulder jerk if not a full on dance, it’s a hypnotic set that draws you in and swallows you whole.” – DIY Magazine

“The band is post-punk at its core, but singer Adam Curley’s gripping delivery conjures up shades of Morrissey and the lyrical despair of Protomartyr.” – Paste Magazine

Adam Curley needed a word – a hook on which to pin his band’s new album. “Drum is primitive,” says the frontman for Melbourne four-piece Gold Class. “It’s physical. It’s the beat of your heart. It’s immediate. It comes from the past, but it also beckons to something in the future.”

It holds other dualities, too – submission and authority; repetition and propulsion. And yet at its core, it’s just something you can dance to.

Drum is the bold second album from Gold Class. The follow-up to 2015 debut It’s You, Drum is a brasher, vivid widescreen account of a band hitting its stride while betraying the complex signs and scars of a life since lived.

“I wanted Drum to bridge the gap between being onstage making this loud, rhythmic music and just being a person in the world,” says Curley. “In life things are funny, you have crushes on people, things are stupid, you stay out all night. But you’re also part of what’s going on in the world and you have your own big struggles. I wanted to try to piece that all together.”

Formed in 2014 by a union of workmates and friends from a Melbourne bar and creative-writing course, Gold Class’ string of lean, explosive live shows culminated in It’s You – a distillation of the then-fledgling group’s wiry punk, carried by Curley’s booming baritone and themes of personal politics, sexuality and identity. The album was shortlisted for the Australian Music Prize and nominated for an Age award, and saw Gold Class play sold out shows across Australia and London, at local festivals Golden Plains and Splendour in The Grass, as well as international sets at SXSW, London Calling and Primavera Sound.

Such activity found its way into Drum. “We had a better sense of how we operated as four people,” says guitarist Evan Purdey. “We found we operated best having space between instruments, with peaks and valleys in the dynamic. We didn’t want to just pummel people with straight-out aggression in the set. We wanted more of an identity to each song.”

These new shades are integral to Drum. Recorded at Melbourne’s Head Gap studios and co-produced by Gareth Liddiard of The Drones, Drum sees Gold Class explore new territory in both songwriting and sonics. Opening gurner ‘Twist in the Dark’ lifts on Curley’s howl over an escalating pummel, and ‘Rose Blind’, ‘We Were Never Too Much’ and closer ‘Lux’ each hinge on the ragged marriage of new pop smarts and furious guitar squalls. But there’s a space, too – see the keening, early-morning comedown of ‘Trouble Fun’; skeletal echo of ‘Mercurian’; the gentle ebb and flow of ‘Place We Go’.

Liddiard was instructive in helping the band capture these new moods. “We wanted to take a risk,” says Curley. “He was the one person everyone felt could do something interesting with the album. He was able to simultaneously push us outside our comfort zone and help us achieve what we set out to do in the first place.”

“We wanted to create a thematic flow through the record,” says Purdey, “create different tones and moods to reflect that, which we hadn’t really done before. We talked a lot about Drum being nocturnal, I remember Adam saying ‘These songs take place at night.’”

Curley can trace that motive to one song in particular. “I wanted the album to be defiant and full of skin and trouble and spit and love,” says the singer. “‘Get Yours’ was the first of the lyrics I wrote, about being down at the bottom. But even though I’m there, I still have full agency. I’m a powerful person, even when I’m down and vulnerable. That’s what I wanted – something that cuts to how you feel sometimes, full of rage and stupidity and humour. That felt honest. You never come out of something ultimately in charge or powerful. Everything is a process. Everyone is always okay and not okay, just like the world. Your place in it always needs to be renegotiated.”

Drum distils that messy scope into a brave, sometimes brutal but beautiful new document. Whatever will come, the beat – at least – goes on.

“We played out like an echoing drum / We were beaten, but I still feel a thump“

Drum will be released next Friday – the 18^th of August. You can pre-order it here

Watch Gold Class – ‘Get Yours’

Gold Class have just come off a tour of Australia and New Zealand, selling out shows in Sydney and Melbourne. For the second time this year, the band will now be heading over to Europe and the UK to tour the new album. See details below. But first, you can catch them at the following Australian festivals

Gold Class Tour Dates

Sat 19th Aug – Volumes Festival, Sydney
Tickets

Sat 26th Aug – Darwin Festival, Darwin
Tickets

Sun 27th Aug – Against The Grain Festival, Brisbane
Tickets

Gold Class – Drum
Twist In The Dark
Rose Blind
Get Yours
Trouble Fun
Bully
Thinking Of Strangers
We Were Never Too Much
Mercurian
Place We Go
Lux

old Class Online:
Facebook | Instagram | Website | Twitter  | Bandcamp

GOLD CLASS Share new single ‘Rose Blind’Drum out Friday 18 August

After receiving rave reviews from their current Australian tour (including a triumphant home-town show at a sold out Corner Hotel), Gold Class have released their new track and video ‘Rose Blind’. Premiered last night via Clash Magazine, ‘Rose Blind’ is the searing second single to come from their new albumDrum – out via Barely Dressed Records / Remote Control Records on Friday 18 August.

With a raging and all-consuming chorus, Rose Blind explores themes of personal and societal politics.Vocalist Adam Curley explains “We wanted to write something with a big, raging chorus. It’s a love song, really, but a love song to a friend. It’s about feeling that even though you don’t know what the  future is going to look like, nothing can touch you because you’ll get through it together.”

‘Rose Blind’ is accompanied by a dark and ambiguous video directed by Defero Productions. Having trawled through car wreckers, making a sculpture with a few parts they found, Curley explained that “the idea was to examine skin and human figures against both brutal and soft materials in an uncomfortable way”. Check it out below.

Drum is the bold second album from Gold Class due for release on August 18. Recorded at Melbourne’s Head Gap studios / Tropical Fuck Storm Studios and produced by Gareth Liddiard of The Drones, Drumwill see Gold Class explore a new territory in both songwriting and sonics.

Commenting on the album title, vocalist Adam Curley says “Drum is primitive. It’s physical. It’s the beat of your heart. It’s immediate. It comes from the past, but it also beckons to something in the future.”

It holds other dualities, too – submission and authority; repetition and propulsion. And yet at its core, it’s just something you can dance to.

“I wanted the album to be defiant, and full of skin and trouble and spit and love”

Pre-order ‘Drum’ https://goldclass.lnk.to/drum

Formed in 2014, Gold Class’ string of lean, explosive live shows culminated in It’s You – a distillation of the young group’s wiry punk, carried by Curley’s booming baritone and themes of personal politics, sexuality and identity. The album was shortlisted for the Australian Music Prize and saw them play sold out shows across Australia and London, local festivals Golden Plains and Splendour in The Grass, as well as international sets at SXSW in 2016, and The Great Escape, London Calling and Primavera Sound earlier this year.

Gold Class will play to a sold out room in Sydney this weekend, before heading to Perth and New Zealand for further headline shows. See details below.

Gold Class AUS/NZ JULY 2017

Saturday 15 July – Lansdowne Hotel, Sydney – sold out
Tickets here

Friday 21 July  – Mojo’s Fremantle
Tickets here

Saturday 22 July – The Bird, Perth
Door sales only

Friday 28 July – Whammy Bar, Auckland NZ
Tickets here

Saturday 29 July – Caroline, Wellington NZ
Tickets here

Saturday 5 August – Castlemaine, Theatre Royal – sold out
with The Peep Tempel & RVG – Tickets here

Gold Class – Drum is out Friday 18 August via Barely Dressed / Remote Control Records.

Incendiary Melbourne four piece Gold Class have announced their new album titled Drum – set for release on Friday 18 August via Barely Dressed Records / Remote Control Records. The band has also shared a video for their first single off the record – ‘Twist In The Dark.’ Premiered last night via DIY Mag.

Drum is the bold second album from Gold Class. The follow-up to 2015 debut It’s You, Drum is a vivid and assured document of a band hitting its stride while also displaying the complexity and scars of a life since lived. Recorded at Melbourne’s Head Gap studios and Tropical Fuck Storm Studios and produced by Gareth Liddiard of The Drones, Drum sees Gold Class explore new sonic territory.

Commenting on the album title, Adam Curley (lead singer) says “Drum is primitive. It’s physical. It’s the beat of your heart. It’s immediate. It comes from the past, but it also beckons to something in the future.” It holds other dualities, too – submission and authority; repetition and propulsion. And yet at its core, it’s just something you can dance to.

Pre-order Drum here

Watch ‘Twist In The Dark’ video:

Formed in 2014 by a union of workmates and friends from a Melbourne bar and creative-writing course,Gold Class’ string of lean, explosive live shows culminated in It’s You – a distillation of the then-fledgling group’s wiry punk, carried by Curley’s booming baritone and themes of personal politics, sexuality and identity. The album was shortlisted for the Australian Music Prize and saw Gold Class play sold out shows across Australia and London, local festivals Golden Plains and Splendour in The Grass, as well as international sets at SXSW in 2016, and The Great Escape, London Calling andPrimavera Sound earlier this year.

In July Gold Class will embark on a headline Australian tour. Catch them at the following venues:

Gold Class AUS/NZ JULY 2017

Saturday 1 July – Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane – selling fast
Tickets here

Thursday 6 July – Grace Emily, Adelaide
Tickets here

Saturday 8 July – Corner Hotel, Melbourne – sold out

Saturday 15 July – Lansdowne Hotel, Sydney  – selling fast
Tickets here

Friday 21 July  – Mojo’s Fremantle
Tickets here

Saturday 22 July – The Bird, Perth
Door sales only

Friday 28 July – Whammy Bar, Auckland NZ
Tickets here

Saturday 29 July – Caroline, Wellington NZ
Tickets here

Saturday 5 August – Castlemaine, Theatre Royal – sold out
with The Peep Tempel & RVG – Tickets here

Gold Class – Drum
Twist In The Dark
Rose Blind
Get Yours
Trouble Fun
Bully
Thinking Of Strangers
We Were Never Too Much
Mercurian
Place We Go
Lux

Gold Class – Drum is out Friday 18 August via Barely Dressed / Remote Control Records. 

Gold Class Online:
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