On their debut album It’s You, Australia’s Gold Class plays
like a brilliant post-punk compendium — the jagged yet chiming guitars
of Jawbox and Fugazi, the lockstep rhythm section and dreary climes of
Gang Of Four and Joy Division, a quavering bellow that bridges the gap
between Morrissey and Glenn Danzig. You could throw dozens more
references out and most of them would fit; these guys seem to have
swallowed up an entire genre’s worth of history and ended up titans of
the form.
Gold Class – It’s You (2015)
On their debut album It’s You, Australia’s Gold Class plays
like a brilliant post-punk compendium — the jagged yet chiming guitars
of Jawbox and Fugazi, the lockstep rhythm section and dreary climes of
Gang Of Four and Joy Division, a quavering bellow that bridges the gap
between Morrissey and Glenn Danzig. You could throw dozens more
references out and most of them would fit; these guys seem to have
swallowed up an entire genre’s worth of history and ended up titans of
the form.
