‘In My Head’, Blue & Gold’s new song, is a hard-hitting bluesy affair with tough shouted boy-girl harmonies and a true aggressiveness slowly driving the song till the end. With Chloe Raynes and Alex Kapelman sharing the vocals, some manic and grinding guitar-bass and GG Gonzalez’s pounding drums, the high-volume song makes me almost think about something that Portland’s Indie punk rock band Quasi could have done… And the dismantled mannequin, used as cover art for the tune, reinforces this idea of chaos and violence.
The members of the Brooklyn band have known each other since college or even high school, and they seem to announce the tone with their color-oriented moniker, I hope it’s not another of this Jack-White obsessive thing, although a Jack White reference can’t be a bad thing…
‘In My Head’ is all about frustration and wanting someone you can’t have,’ said Raynes. ‘Musically, we captured that with some heavy sounds and a lot of noise. I wrote the song last summer, and when I brought it to the band, it really came to life. I think the end product encompasses the impatience, unrequited feelings, and heartbreak in the lyrics.’
The song is actually the title track off their upcoming debut album, In My Head’, set to be released on January 13th 2015 via Byrdhouse Records. It can be pre-ordered physically through the label and digitally through the band’s Bandcamp.
