The Golden Age are the result
of a well executed accident. An experiment in
punk rock between friends Dallas Houldsworth
and Kat Harley which accidentally veered off
the punk rock road and found its way to a place
where the sounds of Pavement, The Cars, Sonic
Youth and The Pixies reverberate, surrounded
by echoes of The Lemonheads, T-Rex and Beck.
The Golden Age formed in early 2004 with the
addition of Anthony Layton and Jen Mitchell,
and within 18 months the sydney based band had
done 2 appearances at Homebake and
shows with Wolf Mother, Alex Lloyd, Youth Group,
Starky and the Mess Hall.
Signing with inde label
Red Recordings, The Golden Age released their
debut album "Mexico City Bees" in November of
2005.
The distinctive sounds of "Mexico City
Bees" is established
with Dallas's cool lazy vocals on the opening
track and debut single "Dirty Bird" and continues
with songs wreaking of late nights with friends
(Uh-Huh, Brand New Song). In The Worst
Case, Saturday Morning and The Best Inventions
cruise along as introspective, almost musical
soliloquies; heightened by Kat's brooding delivery
of The Desert Song and the menacing Manage This.
We'll Be Here harks back to 70's drive time
while the frantic New Distraction and the snotty
title track Mexico City Bees waste no time leaving
their mark.
Mexico City Bees is the product of
a rare experience for a new band. Free reign
in the studio and one guideline........What's
wrong is right and most of the time it's better.
