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Everything is present: the pulsating beat of the Blues, the deep haze of wild Psychedelia, the American flavors of Southern Rock, the excitement of early Progressive\/Jazz Rock, the sound of British Freakbeat\/Mod, heavy doses of Proto-metal power, and the funky\/soulful touch of Northern Soul to seal the deal. Is it really possible? Could a band truly be like this? Well, you’ll find out for yourself with their stunning new album, \"Absolutely\"! Go ahead! Drink from the golden cup of life and immerse yourself in divine sound. THE GOLDEN GRASS plays your song.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Sun-soaked anthems, the radiant brightness of the rainbow, the haze of psychedelic warmth!\"\u003cbr\u003eKerrang (UK)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEuropean tour in May 2018!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFOR FANS OF ALLMAN BROTHERS, BLUE CHEER, BUDGIE, THE PRETTY THINGS, JAMES GANG, BLACKFOOT - 70s CLASSIC ROCK...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Season of Mist - International","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53415275200855,"sku":"P-66386-","price":8.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/6500\/8471\/files\/The-Golden-Grass-Absolutely-CD-66386-1-1517560819.jpg?v=1778029232"},{"product_id":"the-golden-grass-life-is-much-stranger-cd-digipak","title":"The Golden Grass - Life Is Much Stranger - CD DIGIPAK","description":"\u003cp\u003eLife Is Much Stranger\" is the mind-blowing 4th studio album from NYC heavy rock trio The Golden Grass and it stands tall and wild, towering above their entire previous discography!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a massive and epic sonic adventure, a post-modern collage of rock n roll ideology, swelling and bursting with hard, heavy and progressive musical energies...the past is inside the present...and The Golden Grass are moving the sound FORWARD!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt has always been the goal of the group to connect the dots between their influences, to reconcile disparate vintage ideas that perhaps never coexisted in their original place and time! To give life to a NEW artistic vision that synergizes them together like a warm blanket, both familiarly ancient and cosmically NOW!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd with all of that sonic information of the past, not to mention a healthy dose of great taste, The Golden Grass concoct their magick brew and are able to conceptualize and materialize music in such a particular way that it screams timelessly from long ago, but could only happen IN THIS VERY MOMENT! Life IS much stranger after all….\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis album was conceived over the past several years, through chaos and confusion, during a global pandemic that forced the band to work in new\/unconventional ways they had never before imagined. The music on this album has never seen an audience. These songs have never been performed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd in fact, the recording of the album was the first time the members of the group even understood what their new creations sounded like! The initial writing sessions began in the summer of 2019, but were obviously halted in early 2020 due to the situation. Over the next two years, the band did their best to move forward with the process but rehearsals were infrequent, sickness and health threats always barking at the door, and a constant unknown of what was to come; was there any future for their art at all?...But slowly and disjointedly, they assembled their musical ideas into 7 rough pieces that would soon comprise “Life Is Much Stranger”.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Sept-Oct of 2022, the group worked with a team of engineers across three studios in NYC, recording and mixing the tracks, sculpting their rough song-forms into polished, yet quite surreal, glistening gems! 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