Chris Staples Golden AgeWith two decades of songwriting under his belt, both for prior indie rock bands (Twothirtyeight, Discover America) and for sporadic solo releases, Chris Staples seems to have settled as comfortably as one can into the role of introspective solo singer songwriter with Golden Age. The title references the notion of an idealized past. In Staples' case, it would be a period before the diagnosis of an autoimmune disease, a bike accident that left him

while the popular "Rapp Snitch Knishes" critiques the self-incrimination and contradictory behaviors of some rappers

He Won't Go Side B: 1

It opens onto the progressive big band --

Personnel includes: Ringo Starr (drums

Stop It (2:59)

noting at one point on the record

~ Steve Huey Released: 04/13/2018

Please Don't Go" as well

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Stay Longer

the album could be viewed as Tatham's mission statement and a sign of what was to come from him as an artist: uncompromisingly and unapologetically sophisticated modern black music

an all-too-scarce resource in our seemingly crumbling world