{"id":581,"date":"2002-01-03T01:52:00","date_gmt":"2002-01-03T01:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/?p=581"},"modified":"2024-03-26T01:54:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T01:54:07","slug":"believe-in-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/?p=581","title":{"rendered":"Believe in yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Self-assured ex-local glam singer Jacob Golden, who moved to England, plans on re-conquering America<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Jacob Golden, who knows where to shop for interesting shoes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Live! All-ages matinee at Old Ironsides, 1901 S St., Sunday, Jan. 6 at 4 p.m. $7, with Jonah Matranga, Dana Gumbiner and Elin Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

E<\/strong>xpatriate Sacramento singer Jacob Golden has<\/strong> been living the charmed life in a London flat\u2014on his record label\u2019s dime. The reason he\u2019s been residing in the U.K. for the past year is that he\u2019s been writing and recording material for a new album, Hallelujah World<\/em>, his first full-length disc as a solo artist, which will be released this coming summer. More importantly, it\u2019s his first worldwide release for England\u2019s Rough Trade Records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For anyone not familiar with the Valley\u2019s \u201cGolden boy,\u201d the lad made quite a name for himself fronting Birthday, a now-defunct band that got signed to Warner Music U.K.’s Blanco y Negro label. After a brief U.K. tour and a shelved debut disc with that band, Golden opted to continue with the musician\u2019s life, carrying on with the lullaby pop that characterized Birthday\u2019s dense sound. And now Golden returns, albeit briefly, with a new outlook on recording, music, life and all things associated with the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLondon has an amazing music scene,\u201d Golden says. \u201cIt really keeps you on your toes, \u2018cause there\u2019s so many good artists. I react well to that sort of environment. I always dreamed of traveling the world and making music. I also think to do something extraordinary you have to take chances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLeaving a comfortable [and] familiar environment can really be good for kicking you in the butt and realizing your dreams,\u201d he adds. \u201cAs a solo artist, it seemed to make more sense.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Golden is enthused about his progress overseas, which seems to be moving forward exponentially. \u201cI haven\u2019t played with a band since Birthday broke up a year ago,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s been really good for me. It does wonders for your confidence when it\u2019s all on you although it can be very frightening. I think I\u2019m finally ready to put a new band together in the U.K. I want to first focus on the U.K. and Europe, and then make my way back to the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve had some wonderful experiences playing abroad, an exuberant Golden adds. \u201cSupporting Low [the Duluth slo-core giants that record for the Chicago-based boutique label Kranky] at the Union Chapel was amazing. It\u2019s this old church in the center of London. At another show, we [Birthday] sampled a bit of Amsterdam\u2019s local grass before we went onstage, not realizing how strong it was, and our first song”\u2014normally three minutes long\u2014”turned into a 12-minute opus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rough Trade Records, the U.K.-based label that\u2019s home to the Strokes, the Moldy Peaches, the Smiths catalog and Mazzy Star\u2019s Hope Sandoval, signed Golden in the wake of Birthday\u2019s demise and quietly released an EP by him. After a successful hookup with Sanctuary Records, the domestic company that signed local hard-rock quintet Tesla, Rough Trade will now release its titles in the states, thus eliminating pricey imports\u2014Golden\u2019s six-song EP goes for over $20 at retail here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe new album will be titled Hallelujah World<\/em>, \u2018cause that\u2019s how I want to live\u2014in a state of joy,\u201d Golden says. \u201cI\u2019m also working with Faultline, a producer and collaborator of mine. His new album is very beautiful and features me as well as Chris [Martin] from Coldplay and Wayne [Coyne] from the Flaming Lips. I should be doing some amazing shows next year\u2014I\u2019d love to play the big festivals in Europe, and it\u2019s very likely I will.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Self-assured? Certainly. After all, what kind of guy would name his former band Birthday\u2014if he wasn\u2019t planning on doing a little celebrating on his own?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(SN&R)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Self-assured ex-local glam singer Jacob Golden, who moved to England, plans on re-conquering America Live! All-ages matinee at Old Ironsides, 1901 S St., Sunday, Jan. 6 at 4 p.m. $7, with Jonah Matranga, Dana Gumbiner and Elin Lord. Expatriate Sacramento singer Jacob Golden has been living the charmed life in a London flat\u2014on his record label\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=581"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":582,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581\/revisions\/582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}