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da Googie - The Golden Thread

da Googie - The Golden Thread

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Album - Release Date: 07/03/25 - Black Vinyl

Genre: Alternative

Rambling on about the brilliance of Deb Googe and Cara Tivey is no difficult task - spot either of their names on a record’s sleeve credits and you’re guaranteed listening worthy of your time . . . and hard- earned cash!

Deb joined My Bloody Valentine during its ascent to legend, filled a temporary void in Primal Scream, aide in Thurston Moore's late-period artistic high, formed Snowpony with Stereolab’s Katharine Gifford and plays bass in ex-Fall guitarist Brix Smith’s all-female band.

Cara’s may be best known as a longtime Billy Bragg collaborator, but she’s played with an array of other outstanding artists, among them Everything But The Girl, Blur, Lilac Time, Au Pairs and the greatest of West Midlands geniuses, Robert Lloyd of Nightingales.

Incredibly, despite decades of stellar work, neither Deb nor Cara has ever released an album under their own names until now with The Golden Thread, their full-length debut, made under the name da Googie + Cara Tivey. The album was recorded in Deb’s home studio and performed exclusively by the duo.

The album will be preceded by the digital single, Dumb, an indictment of the sad condition behind nearly all the modern western world’s ills, which serves as a point of an entry into the album’s seemingly contradictory sonic elements: thick-but-minimal soundscapes, dub’s openness put across in a densely claustrophobic style reminiscent of My Bloody Valentine, a bass-driven sound melding effortlessly into moments of delicate piano, and lyrics that convey depths of meaning with a mere handful of words.

Dumb will be accompanied by a video created by Deb from absurdities captured in animated (and public domain) footage - a rodent army, ape-like men alongside man-like apes, brainless birds . . . as well as their even sadder human equivalents, captured in film.

 

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