A Sea Of Gold And Burgundy pay testament to friendship, forgiveness and the redemptive power of music with their new comeback EP Ghosts In These Walls — showcasing today on Tinnitist.
Although it’s the first recorded work from the Niagara Falls trio in 11 years, the band’s members — Carl David Onofrio, Aaron Berger and Nathanial Goold — never stopped writing, performing and recording with other artists, amassing nearly 20 album credits between them. But the pandemic, along with the sudden death of their former manager, led the group to realize their unique musical chemistry anew.
When Covid shuttered traditional rehearsal spaces, the seasoned multi-instrumentalists reunited at a mutual friend’s house and began to jam, quickly rekindling the creative sparks that fueled their earlier incarnation. Soon after, they were tapped to perform at a memorial for their former manager Robin Morse. They officially reunited as A Sea Of Gold And Burgundy in March, performing their first public show in more than a decade.
Buoyed by fan requests and recognizing how special such musical bonds can be, it wasn’t long before the trio went back into the studio. Produced by Pete Haverkamp and financed by the Niagara Falls Cultural Development Fund, the resulting four-song EP finds the trio older, wise and reenergized.
Ghosts In These Walls, a strummed ode to the healing power of solid friendship, shimmers with Berger, Goold and Onofrio’s seasoned harmonies and unrushed playing. Palace Of Fates expresses a more secular view on the mystical, informed by Goold’s growing up — and out of — performing faith-based music. Lady is at once upbeat and plaintive, uplifted by piano and tambourine as the trio stretches out the chorus in tight harmony. Midnight Rain, the song that Morse once requested to be played at his memorial and which ultimately brought the group back together, plumbs the heart of a late-night thinker as they move toward a state of acceptance.
Listen to Ghosts In These Walls below, watch A Sea Of Gold And Burgundy perform the title track above, and reconnect with them at their website, Instagram and Facebook.
