Comments on: Goldheart Assembly roughing around England, being sharpened to a shine http://www.dalliance.co.uk/2009/06/goldheart-assembly-roughing-around-england-being-sharpened-to-a-shine/ All about music in West Yorkshire but not all music and not all West Yorkshire Sun, 30 May 2010 13:43:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Ria Wood http://www.dalliance.co.uk/2009/06/goldheart-assembly-roughing-around-england-being-sharpened-to-a-shine/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Ria Wood Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:44:46 +0000 http://www.dalliance.co.uk/?p=236#comment-24 I'm think I'm rather developing a liking for bands that have duo (or more) vocals, for example Pete & The Pirates. I really enjoy the extra richness, clarity and emphasis it can bring to the lyrics through harmonies, etc. In the case of Goldheart Assembly, I enjoy that the main vocals are provided by each "faction" that has fused together to make the group. I also appreciate (in the Lennon-McCartney way alluded to in the review) that these two halves can provide a varied and diverse whole - keeps it fresh and interesting. I don't know enough about or heard enough yet of Goldheart Assembly to be able to discern which tracks are "Jim's" and which are "John's" as can be distinguished like with Raconteurs, etc but I look forward to recognising the unique motifs of the individual member contributions in the future. We saw Goldheart Assembly as a 5 piece and with 4 of them contributing to the harmonies, the vocals more than matched the warmth of the music they created. I especially enjoyed the Hammond organ and it's use to evoke the 60s music I love so much like The Spencer Davis Group et al but also pathos and introspection for slower tracks like So Long St Christopher which I found quite reminiscent of Okkervil River. I'm not sure which member was missing from the line up of our gig and what instrumentage they bring but I look forward very much to seeing Goldheart Assembly again (hopefully in Yorkshire this time), and also to their forthcoming releases. I’m think I’m rather developing a liking for bands that have duo (or more) vocals, for example Pete & The Pirates. I really enjoy the extra richness, clarity and emphasis it can bring to the lyrics through harmonies, etc. In the case of Goldheart Assembly, I enjoy that the main vocals are provided by each “faction” that has fused together to make the group. I also appreciate (in the Lennon-McCartney way alluded to in the review) that these two halves can provide a varied and diverse whole – keeps it fresh and interesting. I don’t know enough about or heard enough yet of Goldheart Assembly to be able to discern which tracks are “Jim’s” and which are “John’s” as can be distinguished like with Raconteurs, etc but I look forward to recognising the unique motifs of the individual member contributions in the future.

We saw Goldheart Assembly as a 5 piece and with 4 of them contributing to the harmonies, the vocals more than matched the warmth of the music they created. I especially enjoyed the Hammond organ and it’s use to evoke the 60s music I love so much like The Spencer Davis Group et al but also pathos and introspection for slower tracks like So Long St Christopher which I found quite reminiscent of Okkervil River. I’m not sure which member was missing from the line up of our gig and what instrumentage they bring but I look forward very much to seeing Goldheart Assembly again (hopefully in Yorkshire this time), and also to their forthcoming releases.

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