Austin's Gold Beach release debut LP 9/6!

From teamclermont.com Gold Beach is the two-year musical experiment of Michael Winningham and Tony Daugherty.  Michael and Tony grew up on the same street in Houston, TX and started writing music at the age of fourteen in Tony’s parents house. After a move to Austin, they continued writing together, though most of those songs were performed in other bands. In 2004, a long process began to write a collection of songs with no particular agenda. “We wanted to see what would happen if we didn’t rely on our comfort zones to create music,” says Winningham. The basic idea was to try using the recording studio as a way to write music, patiently sculpting a unique musical presence and personality. Over 25 songs were recorded in various ways and with various people, but only 11 tracks were kept together. David Brown, of the NPR program Texas Music Matters, called Habibti an early front-runner for one of the best records of 2011. Much local talent from the Austin area is associated with the Gold Beach recordings or live band, including: Jeremy Gomez (Mineral, Gloria Record), Carlos Orozco (The Western Keys, Black Drum Set), Nicole Kern (Balmorhea), Evan Jacobs (Tacks the Boy Disaster, Polyphonic Spree), Andy Sharp (Engineer, Mates of State), and Henna Chou (My Education, Fiction). 2011 will be a jumping off point for Gold Beach, a new beginning of performing music a long time in the making.   Artist - Gold Beach Album - Habibti US Release Date - September 6, 2011 Track Listing: 01. Habibi 02. Until You 03. Gold Beach 04. Hands of Ether 05. I, Testify 06. I'm Not Yours 07. Everyone I Know 08. Perfect Weights 09. Skin of Yours 10. Phantom Limb 11. Diving Bell Gold Beach homepage Gold Beach on Twitter