Picture the Gun Club starring in a Jodorowsky film, or a modern-day Doors with a rhythmically advanced Nico on drums, and you’ll begin to understand the vibrations surrounding Golden Animals. Golden Animals began in 2006 as a collaboration between Baltimore-native songwriter Tommy Eisner and Swedish fashion-model-turned-drummer Linda Beecroft. They have been on their own trip since day one, influenced equally by three years based in the meditative expanse of the Southern California desert and three years submerged in the intoxicating hustle of New York. Musically, in simple terms, they are a song-based band with a large, dense sound achieved with minimal elements, blending rock & roll, blues-pop & post-punk into their own psychedelic sonic texture. The band's new LP, made in Brooklyn with Matt Boynton (MGMT / Kurt Vile), will be out this July. They have recently expanded their sound and are now joined by John Brodeur (The Morning After Girls / Soren Well) on guitar.

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