The GOLDEN DREGS’ New Album ‘On Grace & Dignity’ Out Now
the GOLDEN DREGS
4AD Debut Album On Grace & Dignity Out Now
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UK In-Store Tour Begins Today
Tickets For US, UK & European Headline Tour
Today, Benjamin Woods releases his new GOLDEN DREGS record, On Grace & Dignity. His third record and first on 4AD, Woods’ album considers his home and what it means to be shaped by a place – in this instance, Truro, Cornwall’s capital, home to a rare three-spired cathedral, a peaceful river and a lot of empty shops and flimsy out-of-town housing estates. It features singles ‘American Airlines‘, ‘Sundown Lake‘, ‘Before We Fell From Grace‘ and ‘Vista‘. Written, recorded and produced by Woods from his South London home and childhood bedroom in Truro, the record was mixed by Ali Chant (Perfume Genius, Aldous Harding) who provided additional production.
Speaking about On Grace & Dignity Woods says:
With little else to do, I found myself taking a lot of walks around the areas I used to hang out in when I was younger, and bored and frustrated. Which I suppose is a state I had returned to. I spent a lot of time recounting my teenage years, finding comfort in nostalgia. I had also found work on a building site, which kept me busy but also showed a side of Cornwall far displaced from the experiences of my youth. These two worlds began to merge, and from that I was able to develop a world in which narratives could exist.
The sadness of passing time, and acute awareness that the past is very much the past, set amidst a drastically changing landscape, informed much of the writing. With out meaning too, themes of fire, water and mourning recurred throughout the writing. When I have written in the past I have found it cathartic, but this experience was very different to that. I didn’t feel particularly in control of the direction that the album took, and would often be filled with sadness when I would revisit a previous days writing, taunted by my own words. Now that my situation has changed and I am no longer living within the album I find it a comforting reminder of how things can get bad, but that someth
ing positive can emerge from them.”the GOLDEN DREGS – On Grace & Dignity
https://open.spotify.com/album/1KBJKlupJF0ViWwQuxsw1f?si=K5TmM7FKTcmObCuRxSZsfA
A full list of all GOLDEN DREGS tour dates is below.
Feb 10 – BRIGHTON, Resident (Solo)
Feb 11 (Lunchtime) – TOTNES, Drift (Full band)
Feb 11 (Evening) – FALMOUTH, The Cornish Bank w/ Jam Records (Full band)
Feb 12 – BRISTOL, Rough Trade (Solo)
Feb 13 – NOTTINGHAM, Rough Trade (Solo)
Tues 14 – OXFORD, Truck (Solo)
Feb 15 – SOUTHSEA, Pie & Vinyl (Solo)
Feb 16 – LONDON, 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, Baby’s All Right
March 13-18 – AUSTIN, TX, SXSW
March 23 – LOS ANGELES, CA, Gold Diggers*
March 24-25– BOISE, ID, Treefort Music Festival
* = w/ Julian Klincewicz
EU/UK
April 6 – LONDON, GB, 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, GB, Elsewhere
May 6 – BRIGHTON, GB, Green Door Store
May 8 – BRISTOL, GB, The Louisiana
May 9 – BIRMINGHAM, GB, Hare & Hounds
May 10 – MANCHESTER, GB, Yes Pink Room
May 13 – DUBLIN, IRELAND, Workman’s Club
May 14 – GALWAY, IRELAND, Roisin Dubh
May 16 – GLASGOW, GB, Mono
May 17 – NEWCASTLE, GB, Cluny 2
May 18 – LEEDS, GB, Brudenell Social Club
May 20 – AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, London Calling @ Paradiso
August 3-5— HALDERN, GERMANY, Haldern Pop Festival
