The Golden Band
Studio album by
The American Analog Set
ReleasedJuly 6, 1999
RecordedJanuary–February 1999
GenreIndie rock, lo-fi
Length40:16
LabelEmperor Jones
ProducerAndrew Kenny[1]
The American Analog Set chronology
From Our Living Room to Yours
(1997)		 The Golden Band
(1999)		 Know By Heart
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]

The Golden Band is a studio album by the indie rock band the American Analog Set, released in 1999 on Emperor Jones Records.[4][5]

Critical reception

Exclaim! thought that "at last, the band has created melodies and bewitching atmospheres that enhance, rather than negatively emphasise, their deliberate lack of dynamics."[6] The Chicago Tribune noted that the band was moving away from the influence of Stereolab and the Chills, and wrote that "they play brief, unhurried songs and delicate, vibraphone-textured instrumentals that flow dreamily into each other."[7] Texas Monthly opined that "the group's careful silences and hypnotic guitar-vocal motifs could add up to nothing more than pleasing ambience, but the band transcends the surfaces."[8]

AllMusic wrote that "the record insinuates itself on the strength of a subtly expanded emotional palette which lends a haunting new dimension to the group's fragile beauty."[2]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Weather Report"2:53
2."Good Friend Is Always Around"2:32
3."It's All About Us"6:29
4."A Schoolboy's Charm"4:22
5."The Wait"3:09
6."New Drifters I"2:00
7."New Drifters II"3:13
8."New Drifters III"3:41
9."New Drifters IV"0:46
10."Golden Band"3:00
11."I Must Soon Quit the Scene"5:39
12."Will the Real Danny Radnor Please Stand?"2:32

References

  1. ↑ "Static Between Stations". www.austinchronicle.com.
  2. 1 2 "The Golden Band - The American Analog Set | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 157.
  4. ↑ "The American Analog Set | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  5. ↑ Mills, Fred. "The Golden Band". Phoenix New Times.
  6. ↑ "American Analog Set The Golden Band | Exclaim!". exclaim.ca.
  7. ↑ Meyer, Bill (15 August 1999). "American Analog Set The Golden Band (Emperor Jones)". chicagotribune.com.
  8. ↑ Cohen, Jason (Aug 1999). "The Golden Band". Texas Monthly. 27 (8): 34.


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