Limited edition clear double A side single of Van Goat's two latest singles - "God's On The Other Guy's Side" on one side, "Time Of Year" on the other.
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Van Goat’s latest single arrives just in time for the holiday season. Without sounding anything like a holiday song, “Time of Year” contains many familiar elements of the genre. Its chorus sounds triumphant, with rousing chord changes, church organ, and singalong harmonies. But “Time of Year,” like the season, is a rollercoaster - it starts off beautiful and then hits you hard. It begins with lofty hopes and expectations, and then before you know it you’re on the ground. In many ways, “Time of Year” is a kind of holiday song for those who couldn’t care less about the holidays. Singer Lindsay Alexis says ”Most of this song was written in a very sad mostly empty bar in SF while it rained outside.”
The single artwork matches this emotional mood. Matteo Marjoram (Epic Games, God of War Ragnarok), is the piece’s artist and a childhood friend of keyboardist Ben Einstein. The artwork’s color palette and scenery seems to recall a cheery holiday card; but if you look just a little closer, you’ll see that the warm glow of a fire is that of a destructive factory, its production line never-ending. And the snowy pastoral forest scene around it actually is a clearcut forest, devastated by human impact. Yikes!
Van Goat recorded “Time of Year” in a West Oakland basement with Chris Nishimoto (Jazz Mafia, Futurelics, My Evergreen Soul). Four out of the five members of Van Goat play guitar on the song, and yet it’s one of their quietest and most delicate recordings to date.
You're rushing to catch a bus. The sidewalk is slick with rain and you step swiftly, cursing the fact that you left your raincoat on a different bus earlier that day. Whatever. As the next bus pulls into the stop, you can see the crush of people packing it to the gills. No one gets off the bus. For a split second you consider shouldering your way in, but no - you watch the bus leave, watch your confidence leave and stand in the rain until the wet garbage on the street is too disgusting to be near. You could say it's a rough day. You could say it's a rough month. You could say it's a rough winter. You could say, it's just this time of year.
credits
credits
from God's On The Other Guy's Side / Time Of Year,
released September 15, 2023
Lead Vocals / Guitar / Trombone: Lindsay Alexis
Guitar / Vocals : Aidan Ward
Organ / Guitar / Vocals: Ben Einstein
Bass / Guitar/ Vocals : Derek Burle
Drums: Taylor Moxon
Recorded by Chris Nishimoto
Additional Recording by Ben Einstein
Mixed by Chris Hughes
Mastered by Piper Payne at Infrasonic Mastering
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