BARS OF GOLD - Shelters LP shoegaze The music on Circus Days

The music on Circus Days can easily be filed next to that of contemporary bands like Blossom Toes

a split single with Thee Headcoatees

the last three decades and placed Cough alongside the ranks of Candlemass or Cathedral

it was just a name

"99" plays like a Dali painting

BARS OF GOLD - Shelters LP shoegaze The music on Circus DaysThe opening, "Worthless Chorus," was the best possible song to use as the opener punchy and in your face, which is customary of post hardcore, but it has a distinctly pop edge, and that is certainly unique in the post hardcore scene. There are times on this record, like "Montana," that channel indie folk rock sentiment, but the vocals and specifically the drums retain that harder and more abrasive core that is Bars of Gold's sound. After "Worthless