the Golden Dregs Release New Single ‘Vista’ External Inbox

By Neil Johnson

On February 3, 2023

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the Golden Dregs Release New Single 'Vista' External Inbox

[L-R: Matt , Issie , Mike , Ted , Ben, Hannah, Davy]
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Today, Cornish musician Benjamin Woods shares ‘Vista’, the final GOLDEN DREGS single from his forthcoming record, On Grace & Dignity. Inspired by the Graham Green short story The Destructors, Woods blithely surveys the wanton abandon and recklessness of teenage boys burning down a house, “for no reason than to see the burning world.” Finely tuned with filigrees of guitar and skipping bass, ‘Vista’ echoes the nostalgia for his own childhood experiences as a curious teenager living in a place where very little goes on.

https://open.spotify.com/album/3s4PzF5GcMvVH7nftHiPaM?si=_8EB1TbwT22jSGTbyejsrg

LISTEN TO: the GOLDEN DREGS – ‘Vista’

Vista’ follows the singles ‘Before We Fell From Grace’, ‘American Airlines’ and ‘Sundown Lake’, which all feature on the GOLDEN DREGS album, On Grace & Dignity, out this Friday 10 February. Woods’ third album considers his home and what it means to be shaped by a place – in this instance, Truro, Cornwall’s capital. In among the personal reflections on loss of innocence and inferiority and inspired by authors Raymond Carver, Lydia Davis and Richard Hugo, Woods spins subtly interweaving narratives about survival, desperate acts of violence, loss and the limitations of community in the face of rapacious gentrification. It unfurls at a graceful pace, grounded by Woods’ rich baritone voice which seems to resonate from his feet. For the album’s visuals, Woods commissioned Bristol-based model-maker Edie Lawrence to construct an HO-scale fictional Cornish village. Christened Polgras, the 9 ft by 4 ft diorama features a viaduct, an estuary, a supermarket, new-build houses and industrial buildings; every song from On Grace & Dignity is represented by a scene in the village.

Starting this Friday, Woods heads on a week-long run of free-entry in-store performances around the UK to celebrate the release of On Grace & Dignity. Woods has also launched fundraiser events for his six-piece live band’s appearance at SXSW and debut US tour. Events will include a Polgras Village Summer Fete exhibiting Lawrence’s model in public for the very first time, a raffle to win 4AD vinyl and festival tickets to End of the Road, Wide Awake, Manchester Psych Fest plus a chance to own Polgras.

A full list of GOLDEN DREGS tour dates is below. For further details head HERE

the GOLDEN DREGS – TOUR DATESUK IN-STORE TOUR (FREE ENTRY):
Feb 10 – Brighton, UK, Resident (Solo)
Feb 11 (Lunchtime) – Totnes, UK, Drift
Feb 11 (Evening) – Falmouth, UK, The Cornish Bank w/ Jam Records
Feb 12 – Bristol, UK, Rough Trade (Solo)
Feb 13 – Nottingham, UK, Rough Trade (Solo)
Tues 14 – Oxford, UK, Truck (Solo)
Feb 15 – Southsea, UK, Pie & Vinyl (Solo)
Feb 16 – London, UK, Rough Trade East (Solo)

FUNDRAISER SHOWS:
February 23 – LONDON, GB, Polgras Village Summer Fete @ SET Social TICKETS
March 1 – LONDON, GB, ‘VISCIOUS!’ @ Moth Club TICKETS

TOUR DATES:
US
March 8 – BROOKLYN, NY, USA, Baby’s All Right
March 13-18– AUSTIN, TX, USA, SXSW
March 23 – LOS ANGELES, CA, USA, Gold Diggers*
March 24-25– BOISE, ID, Treefort Music Festival

* = w/ Julian Klincewicz

EU/UK
April 6 – LONDON, UK, Village Underground
April 13 – Lille, FRANCE, Le Grande Mix
April 14- Paris, FRANCE, Hasard Ludique
April 15- Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS, Motel Mozaique Festival
April 17- Brussels, BELGIUM, AB Club
April 19- Copenhagen, DENMARK, Loppen
April 20- Oslo, NORWAY, Krøsset
April 21- Stockholm, SWEDEN, Kristallen @ Sodra Teatern
April 23- Hamburg, GERMANY, Molotow
April 24- Cologne, GERMANY, Bumann & Sohn
April 25- Berlin, GERMANY, Urban Spree
May 5 – MARGATE, Great Britain, Elsewhere
May 6 – BRIGHTON, Great Britain, Green Door Store
May 8 – BRISTOL, Great Britain, The Louisiana
May 9 – BIRMINGHAM, Great Britain Hare & Hounds
May 10 – MANCHESTER, Great Britain, Yes Pink Room
May 13 – DUBLIN, IRELAND, Workman’s Club
May 14 – GALWAY, IRELAND, Roisin Dubh
May 16 – GLASGOW, Great Britain, Mono
May 17 – NEWCASTLE, Great Britain, Cluny 2
May 18 – LEEDS, Great Britain, Brudenell Social Club
May 20 – Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS, London Calling @ Paradiso
Aug 3-5— Haldern, GERMANY, Haldern Pop Festival

the GOLDEN DREGS – On Grace & Dignity
10 February 2023
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About the GOLDEN DREGS

Founded in Falmouth, Cornwall in 2013, the GOLDEN DREGS is the project of Benjamin Woods, songwriter and producer currently residing in South London. From piano-man, bar-band, baritone karaoke-crooner to an all-singing-all-dancing seven piece, all guises of the GOLDEN DREGS serve as a platform for Woods’s musical output. Under the moniker he has released two albums in quick succession, Lafayette (2018) and Hope Is For The Hopeless (2019).

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