Friday 29 January 2010



Steve Goldberg and the Arch Enemies strike back

(photo:Sarah Cass)

I wrote about Steve Goldberg and the Arch Enemies back in September of 2007, and that feels like ages in blog years.  Back then I was digging Goldberg & co.’s self-titled debut of elaborately orchestrated pop songs, which grew out of a project of Goldberg’s while attending Carnegie Mellon University School of Music.  The band is back with a new EP called Labyrinths, and while not a huge leap forwards from their debut, it solidifies Goldberg’s reputation as a great songwriter.  Matt Picasso has given it his thumbs up, saying it “sounds like the Lucksmiths covering Bishop Allen with Beulah’s horn section helping out in the background”.  I couldn’t have said it better myself.

The band is offering the EP up as a stream or you can download it for a reasonable pay-what-you-want fee by going here.  I think it’s noble of the band to offer the music up to anyone for free if they wish not to pay, but I truly believe this is a record worth paying for.  Matt’s dead one with his comparison to a band like Bishop Allen, and I hope that sometime soon, some label somewhere gets wind of what Steve and the guys are doing and gives them some proper backing.  In the crush of mp3s in my inbox, and countless, “hey man, these guys are great you should check them out” pseudo referrals, finding a band like Steve Goldberg and the Arch Enemies can seem like finding that needle in a haystack, but good music always comes through.  By the way, today is also Steve’s 25th birthday, so just like you did when I wanted to wish my friend Krista a happy birthday, why don’t you all leave Steve a nice birthday comment below, too.  It’d make his day.

MP3: Steve Goldberg and the Arch Enemies “The Ballad of Cherry Hill”
Mysapce: Steve Goldberg and the Arch Enemies





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