"Gold"

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About "Gold"

West coast new romantic Riki returns with her 2nd simulacrum of pitch-perfect synth-pop, aptly titled for the precious substance it is: Gold. Inspired by notions of symbolic power, letting go, and transmutable realms of the heart, the album further refines her rare gift for making swooning melancholia as anthemic as it atmospheric. Working with Telefon Tel Aviv co-founder Josh Eustis at his Pasadena studio, the sessions unfolded fluidly and fruitfully, focusing on “quieter moments” and refining the record’s palette and voice. Occasional interruption from a nearby flock of wild parrots infused a mood of California dreaming, purple sunsets dissolving into deepening neon night.

Like all the most elusive pop, Riki’s songcraft is simultaneously direct and oblique, dynamic and detached, shifting from sparkling chorus to elliptical outro according to its own poetic logic. She characterizes her lyrical muse as “very much what’s going on in my life, things I wanted to say but didn’t have the platform.” This subcurrent of dream fulfillment animates the melodies with a specificity and immediacy that transcends her pantheon of 80’s influences: from Saâda Bonaire and Strawberry Switchblade to Bryan Ferry, Bananarama, and beyond. Gold skews less dance floor than her instant classic 2020 debut but taken as a collection it’s equally stirring, stylish, and exquisitely produced. Evocatively layered arrangements of drum machinery, sequencer, fretless bass, grey sky guitar, saxophone, and FX, anchored by Riki’s singular voice, alternately widescreen and wounded, yearning beyond time for ecstasies both fleeting and forever: “Thought I knew you, but you’ve gone far away / it’s not in your nature to stay / but the thought that I need you, grows stronger every day / the colors begin / to change.”

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Tracklisting

  • 0
    Lo
  • 0
    Marigold
  • 0
    Oil and Metal
  • 0
    It's No Secret
  • 0
    Sonar
  • 0
    Last Summer
  • 0
    Viktor
  • 0
    Porque Te Vas
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    Florence and Selena

Formats

  • Gold Vinyl LP | 200 edition
  • Red In Clear Vinyl LP | 400 edition
  • Cloudy White Vinyl LP | 600 edition
  • Gold in Glass Vinyl LP | 200 edition
  • Ink in Cloud Vinyl LP | 300 edition
  • Cream in Glass Vinyl LP | 400 edition
  • Apple Candy Vinyl LP | 600 edition
  • Clear Vinyl LP | 700 edition
  • Black Vinyl LP
  • Compact Disc
  • Digital

Release date

November 26, 2021

Catalog No.

DAIS183