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- Summary: The indie-pop collective led by Scott McCaughey reworked 12 tracks from a five LP limited set released for Record Store Day 2014.
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- Record Label: Yep Roc
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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UncutMar 10, 2015This set combines recordings from a number of indie EPs, and while the ensemble always combines a bemused, tongue-in-cheek quality with a rock'n'roll fanatic's mindset, Dungeon Golds spinning out smart, graceful pop hooks and hard, Dukes-Of-Stratosphear-type psych--gazes hard at mortality. [Apr 2015, p.80]
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Mar 16, 2015A vigorous, emphatic outing that offers little let up in terms of its energy and intensity.
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Mar 27, 2015While plenty of folks might pick up Dungeon Golds because some well-known musicians are on board, even with a cast of unknowns Scott McCaughey would still be writing fine songs and singing them with heart and humor, and that's what makes Dungeon Golds worth your time.
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Mar 10, 2015A welcome sharing of the band's playful way with Sixties pastiche ("It's Magenta, Man!") and vigorous defense of pop classicism's truths and joys.
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Mar 10, 2015The sound is very much mid-’60s Beach Boys/Byrds pop stuff.
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Mar 11, 2015Dungeon Golds reeks of Record Store Day--it sounds like something that a super fan would hoard away. This doesn’t mean that the tracks are really odd or even deviate much from the overall output from the band, it just means that a fistful of really great songs were paid too much attention over too long a period of time.
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MojoMay 20, 2015Golds is rich with wry psych-pop nuggetry of a kindred humour to Robyn Hitchcock. [Jun 2015, p.92]