Black & Gold

Aaron Schroeder

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 23, 2007)
• Original Release Date: August 31, 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Aaron Schroeder
• ASIN: B000VEMSOQ
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #658,370 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Aaron writes beautifully crafted, socially conscience pop music about love, life and everything in between." - Analoguescene.com, July 2007

"Black & Gold will provide an appropriate background whether you're asking for a dance or shedding drunken tears." - Choir Croak, August 2007

"...refreshingly unique and compelling." - Bibabidi.net, July 2007

"Whatever you choose to compare Black & Gold to, the music is undeniably impressive." - Musicforants.com, July 2007

"Aaron's old enough to be good, but young enough to make you wonder how far he can go." - Herohill.com, August 2007

"For those fans of Billy Bragg or Voxtrot or Sufjan there should be a new addition to your musical vocabulary and that is Aaron Schroeder." -The Blue Walrus, September 2006

"Amazingly warm and nostalgic tracks." - Kinkyorigami.com, August 2006

"Aaron's lyrics are smart, his music is winning, and his talent is all too apparent. The songs seem designed for a dive bar jukebox." - Nerdlitter.Blogspot.com, August 2006

"Simple, and yet amazingly detailed." -Mintcurrry.Blogspot.com, August 2006 --Various

Product Description

Beginning in Los Angeles, spending time in Portland Oregon, following cheap rent to Boston, to finding love in Eastern Washington, 20-something Aaron Schroeder has called Kennewick his home for the past two years. It is there he released his debut record Southern Heart In Western Skin and his more recent release Black & Gold.

Both albums are soaked in traditional instrumentation, such as lap-steel guitars, cellos, accordions, violins, banjos but also feature some interesting twists as well like musical saws, clarinet, mandolins, tubas, bells.

"I listen to a lot of classic artists like Bob Dylan, Leadbelly, Billy Bragg, but I also enjoy modern bands like Belle & Sebastian, The Mountain Goats and Silver Jews." Not only is Aaron a true fan of music but he is also an avid reader, citing authors such as Fydor Dostoevsky, Henry Miller, Haruki Murakami, Bernard Malamud as influences. "Often time my lyrics are adaptations of things I've read, including various Yiddish, Arabic, and American folk tales."

Black & Gold, features guest spots from Justin Meldal-Johnsen from Beck, Air, Ladytron, Ben Barnett from Kind Of Like Spitting (Barsuk Records, Hush Records), Jeremy Castillo from the Los Angeles based rock band Mighty Six Ninety, and Tyler Blake from the DJ-remix duo Young Americans.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Black and Gold = pop_folk_rock at it's finest., September 22, 2007

By	J. Olivas (pasco, wa) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is music. Aaron Schroeder is without a doubt the best artist you have not heard yet.

"What We Don't Know" and "Fake Crimes" pull you right in with their upbeat tempo and choruses to sing along to. This album is full of so many different sounds, but still remains cohesive. That's the beauty of Aaron Schroeder.

It is rock. It is pop. It is ballads. It is slide guitar. It is storytelling. It is a joy every time to put this on the stereo. Get Black and Gold. It will sound good fifty years from now. That's music.