DEBUT CD AVAILABLE NOW FROM THE BAND! official release date 12 february 2008
$10 US/CANADA (includes shipping)
$13 UK/EU (send $13 to rachelgoldstar@yahoo.com AND notate "golden afternoon EP")
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this cd ep is an explosive debut by the texas duo that proves they are a band you are going to want to watch out for in the future. down the rabbit hole we go... picture flying saucer attack, mazzy star, pram and seefeel all getting together for a jam session and you might be close. all in the golden afternoon's fuzzy laid back guitar driven songs are a breath of fresh air and have a way of making you want to take the day off of work to just float away. this wonderful debut ep features 6 songs that flow together seamlessly and leave you begging for more. welcome to wonderland alice! Ltd to 1000 copies. only 600 copies to be distributed. full length album out summer/fall 2009.
all in the golden afternoon is rachel(experimental aircraft/eau claire/the static silence) and carlos(ex-polyphonic spree/the shells), both playing every instrument they can get their hands on.
tidal wave is featured on mind expansion records compilation two...also featuring bardo pond, the telescopes, spectrum, faust, asteroid 4, fuxa, mercury rev, lsd and the search for god, the morning after girls and more.
everything you hear was recorded on a tascam 38 reel-to-reel machine. only 8 tracks to work with (sometimes 7 if the machine is not having a good day). carlos and rachel do this to explore analog sound.
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August 4, 2008 Austin Sound feature Combining their impressive credentials in some of the most unique and talented bands in town, the husband and wife duo of All in the Golden Afternoon produce a hauntingly beautiful tapestry of dreamy psychedelic moods. Rachel Staggs and Carlos Jackson take their group’s name from a poem in Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, and their music could well soundtrack a trip into the subconscious, mellow tones dripping behind Mazzy Star-like vocals and powerful blocks of distortion and fuzz. They released their fantastic debut EP this past winter, and are preparing their first full length for later this year.
February 14, 2008 The Austin Chronicle EP review The name comes from a hallucinogenic Lewis Carroll poem, but the newly married Rachel Staggs (Experimental Aircraft) and Carlos Jackson (the Shells) have infused their local debut as All in the Golden Afternoon with more looking glass, less rabbit hole. The title track is a reverb cruise through shoegaze's heyday and Ex Air's waves of sound, while the drum-free drone of "Anymore Anyway" echoes the Spacemen 3's "Ecstasy Symphony," both marbled down by Staggs' breathy purr. "Sunshine Is Fine" is instrumental dream-pop bliss, organ and guitar mirroring each other's feedback, and "Future Faster Now" revels in a Stereolab-ish space-pop polish. Bookended by a short intro and outro, "Garden of Live Flowers" and "The Lion and the Unicorn," All in the Golden Afternoon's six short songs never quite get to ask Alice, but they're nice aural Xanax in the meantime.
July 9, 2008 Austin Sound Last Sunday, the Hole in the Wall inaugurated their new Shoegaze Sunday showcase, and lord knows there are enough purveyors of distortion and drone in Austin to keep them stocked at least until the end of summer. Not that we’re complaining, but we are jonesin’ to get in on some of that My Bloody Valentine reunion. Until then, though, we’ll keep digging the haze of local duo All in the Golden Afternoon.
May 3, 2007 The Onion AV Club
The Bliss Out 3
Emo's Trends come and go, but much like the blues, Austin will always have a special place in its heart for space rock. Fitting, since groups like Spacemen 3 and The Jesus And Mary Chain might never have existed without our own 13th Floor Elevators. These days, plenty of Austin bands have kept the delay pedals burning for the shoegaze movement, though probably none as prolifically (or sweetly) as the ethereal Rachel Goldstar, whose latest project, All In The Golden Afternoon, is as sunny and breezy as the name suggests.
February 1, 2007 The Onion AV Club
The Beauty Bar All In The Golden Afternoon is the newest project from Austin's resident space-rock princess Rachel Goldstar, who makes blissed-out pop with husband-to-be Carlos Jackson.
all in the golden afternoon's Friend Space (Top 40)
great moment in Pazris folks... I loved to dance on garage-psychefreak-beat stuffs with you... have a great tour... and whenever you want come back in Paris...
hey there, unbelievable i'll return from my us-holiday right on the day when you're in hamburg. i'll try to fight the jet lag :>)... space regards, martin/sg!
that's for sure! JB asked my help before the summer, and i'm working on a friday or a saturday for you too. i will let you know soon if i have news. in any case, i'll see you on the 8th at Zuni. yay!
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