Gold Cash Gold

Gold Cash Gold have no shame. Case in point: Do you know what your record collection sounds like? Do you really? Gold Cash Gold know… they know that people's record collections as a rule don't adhere to one particular sound. Admit it, you have some so-called skeletons in your closet (or your collection as it were). We all do. The thing about Gold Cash Gold is that they are not, nor have they ever been afraid of admitting their skeletons.

Gold Cash Gold's debut on Times Beach Records, Paradise Pawned, Vol. 1 is something of a throwback. Hoegemeyer and Zuccaro produced the record at Detroit's famed Rustbelt Studios in what has internally become an infamous two-week session. "They never ate, slept, or left the studio for that matter," claims a Rustbelt employee. "So we just locked them in at night and let them go at it." This almost obsessive quest for perfection resulted in a recording of pronounced organic purity; it brings to mind some of the classic rock albums of the past. Paradise Pawned, Vol. 1 is classic.

Gold Cash Gold are troublemakers. In a traditionally very cynical music-town, they were turning heads with their live performances within a few weeks of being a band. Detroit Metro Times said: "...the band... has already penned a future rock radio staple in Diamond Mind. Live, the cocksure chemistry between Hoegemeyer and Zuccaro... resembles Rocks—era Tyler and Perry." That's not to say they wear their many influences on their sleeves. Rather, they incorporate them all seamlessly; from Prince (before he became a symbol) to Zeppelin, it all makes sense.

Gold Cash Gold have the makings of a legendary rock band: Songs, sonics, sex, swagger, and showmanship. They gleefully embrace and incorporate everything that made Detroit music famous: Soulful and funky, tenacious, and bombastic.