Music

Gold Blood

Jon Fisher | Sunday 3 October, 2010 18:34

One of the bands playing at a gig I worked at last week include on their Myspace page no less than fifteen bands they believe they share musical elements with. In truth they shared more than a passing resemblance with only one of them – the most insipid and least revolutionary on the list. When Gold Blood are compared to classic acts, the names usually come from one of two polar opposites – either Italo disco/dense electronic music or balls-out old-school hardcore punk bands. And unlike the Beach Boys/Kool and the Gang/Pink Floyd/Duran Duran wannabes, this prospect is something to really buy into.

Gold Blood is a two-way collaboration between Michael Anthony Wright, a self-professed keyboard nerd, and Emile Bojesen, a hyperactive vocalist with more experience in screamo bands than anything else. The two somehow meet in the middle with little compromise. At their astonishing live shows, Michael is hunched at the keys making death eyes to anyone and everyone while Emile penetrates the front row, flailing wildly in time with his yelps – it’s as intense as any Holy Roar band and as danceable as any Kitsuné project.

When he’s not endangering the crowd’s health & safety, Bojesen is a university lecturer – another good example of the contradiction and wonderment at play within Gold Blood.

Gold Blood play 93 Feet East 8 October

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