“If Christ had died in a hallway
we might pray in hallways
or wear little golden hallways around our necks.”
From the David Berman poem If There Was a Book About This Hallway.
I thought about calling the band “Little Golden Hallways”, but ultimately shortened it…
Christian DeRoeck
We must accept that one of the brutal realities currently in music is that bands don’t last forever.
So, some great musicians have erupted into solo projects, side projects, or simply they staying quietly on period concentrating, to give a new twist to their band, or to their career.
So maybe sound us the name Christian DeRoeck, whom first we miss him in Meneguar line-up when taking psych-folk activity as part of Woods.
In early 2008, for several reasons, Christian left both bands, to Inhabiting a basement ,and began working on new songs with his old friend, multi-instrumentalist Dylan Edrich (Chain and the Gang), and Little Gold was born.
Hitherto , beside by Brian “Ham” Markham and Pat “Primitive Man” Broderick , both compadres of choice on Ancient Sky , which is another band where they all play in together, Little Gold incorporated improvisational and psychedelic sounds into an mellow, country-rock , guitar-centric indie rock. with harmonies and hooks aplenty .
Maybe Christian will keep on Brooklyn , has a good run here with his bands , maybe in some time he play some solo shows or maybe this band will always be with him, the matter is it keep the energy and creativity high. i´m waiting to it ….
Little Gold – On The Knife
Label:Adagio
Format:Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:Germany
Released:2009
Mixed By – Mark Ospovat
Recorded By – Christian DeRoeck (tracks: B1), Justin Wertz (tracks: B1), Mark Ospovat (tracks: A1 to A4, B2 to B4)
Tracklist
1 Secret Handshake
2 My Side Of The Bed
3 Sympathy Chain
4 Julia
5 On The Knife
6 Silver Clouds
7 Roses
8 Lock Me Up
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Little Gold – I’m What’s Wrong With This Country
Label:Security Blanket
Format:Cassette, Mini-Album
Country:US
Released:2010
100 clear tapes duplicated with clear/black cases and offset printed covers with mini lyric insert.
Tracklist
1 Upstairs, Low 6:10
2 Living Under Books 2:24
3 The Burn In Time 3:12
4 Never Tear Us Apart (INXS) 3:37
5 Sisters + Friends 2:15
6 Chainsaw 2:19
7 Eyesore 4:41
8 Random Rules (Silver Jews) 3:29
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Little Gold – Completely Fucked! / Chainsaw
Label:Heart Break Beat
Format:Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Orange
Country:US
Released:May 2010
Artwork By – Jenna Ransom
Bass, Vocals – Brian Markham
Drums, Organ – Pat Broderick
Guitar, Vocals – Christian Deroeck
Mastered By – Paul Gold
Recorded By – Mike Kutchman
Recorded at IO Sound.
Mastered at Salt Mastering
Limited to 300 copies, all on translucent orange vinyl.
Tracklist
A Completely Fucked!
B Chainsaw
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Little Gold
DAYTROTTER SESSION
released Feb 12, 2011
Tracks
1 Welcome to Daytrotter
2 Half The Time/Kids Got Heart/Sympathy…
3 Birds Eye
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Little Gold – Weird Freedom
Label:Loud Baby Sounds
Format:Vinyl, LP, Sky Blue
Country:US
Released:2011
Mastered By – Josh Bonati
Recorded By – Mark Ospovat
Recorded by Mark Ospovat* at Emandee Studio in Bushwick, Brooklyn at a leisurely pace throughout 2010. We spent the fall of 2010 touring the US & Europe. Upon returning home to a bleak New York winter, we began mixing with Mike Kutchman at his Kutch1 Studio in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. If the songs on Weird Freedom have a common theme, it is the very special personal relationships that form between people who have come to terms with their mostly grim existence, or in other words “we’re fucked, let’s party”.
Limited to 500 copies, all on sky blue vinyl.
Tracklist
1 Half The Time 3:00
2 Mike Swan 5:47
3 Bad Habits 2:36
4 Chainsaw 2:55
5 The Kid’s Got Heart 2:37
6 Oh, Dad! 4:13
7 Sisters & Friends 2:44
8 (The Freed Wolf) 2:23
9 The Burn In Time 0:47
10 Bird’s Eye 3:37