Album Review: Goodtime John, Good As gold

Good As Gold glides by at a clip, enveloping you in a salve of sonic bliss. Notably, the record features contributions from pioneering electronic musician and multi-instrumentalist Glenn Keating.

His passing last month was felt across the Irish music fraternity, none more so than by Malmö-based, Dublin-born Goodtime John, who enjoyed 25 years of friendship with Glenn. Across scraped guitar, John plaintively sings, “Memories last a lifetime until you can’t recall / There was an avenue and I think a cannonball that we could shape your name.” Beautiful stuff.

Other highlights include ‘Chew Up The Love’, which focuses on ecosphere collapse; neo-psychedelic diamond ‘Crystallize’; and the heartland rock of ‘Twinkle’. Indeed, they all gel more as suite than track list. And just when you think things can’t get better, they do, on catchy dream-popper ‘Caught in A Storm’. Elsewhere, lo-fi workout ‘Dreams May Fade’ and the achingly radiant ‘Blue Eyes Down’ round out the album in wonderful fashion.

• Out now.