☮Nice GOSPELBEACH feature in PASTE Magazine

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As a kid, Brent Rademaker went to see Rock ‘n’ Roll High School with his older brother and found himself staring at the poster, transfixed.

Amid the cartoon mayhem, The Ramones stand front and center, triumphant, like they were in the film, like they were in the minds of kids who grew up on rock ‘n’ roll.

Flash forward 35 years and Rademaker, best known as frontman for the psychedelic country band Beachwood Sparks, found himself with a new band, a new album and on the phone with William Stout, the artist behind that iconic Rock ‘n’ Roll High School poster. Two days after Rademaker had described the band, their personalities and the sound of the new record, Stout sent back the album cover: a runaway train in the California sunshine, carrying the cartoon version of GospelbeacH on their maiden journey.

The playful tone of the artwork perfectly matches the fun-loving rock ‘n’ roll of GospelbeacH, another in a series of fortunate coincidences that led to the band’s debut record, Pacific Surf Line.

“There’s nothing more fun than sitting there listening to a record and staring at the cover and finding little things. That is the rock ‘n’ roll vibe,” Rademaker says. “As I get older, I just want to connect with fans and people who listen to music the way I connected with music when I was younger.” – READ THE WHOLE INTERVIEW ON THE PASTE SITE

LA RECORDS’ review of GOSPELBEACH’s “Pacific Surf Line”

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Rising from the resin of bands such as Beachwood Sparks, Further, and The Tyde, GospelbeacH’s debut LP Pacific Surf Line reminds the listener that there is still stardust to be found in the search for the endless summer. The perfectly dosed tracks here toe the line between hippie sunshine daydream, Sunset Strip wooziness, and high-and-lonesome sadness. Featuring members Brent Rademaker (Beachwood Sparks), Jason Soda (Everest), Neal Casal (Ryan Adams and the Cardinals), Kip Boardman, and guest Nelson Bragg (Brian Wilson), the band works less like a supergroup than a cohesive unit locked into a groove, eye to eye, upturned chin to chin. – READ THE ENTIRE REVIEW HERE

☮Listen to GOSPELBEACH’s “Pacific Surf Line” in its entirety via AQUARIUM DRUNKARD

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As the aural waves break and the tide recedes we’re rewarded with songs celebrating California’s frontier spirit and the cornucopia of friends and adventures that come with a life largely spent on the road. Over the span of 40 minutes, one sun kissed cut after another radiate brightly as the band barrels down the rocky coastline into the ethers of steam, salt, fog and grass. – AQUARIUM DRUNKARD HERE

GOSPELBEACH featured in MAGNET

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GOSPELBEACH: BEST COASTS

Brent Rademaker would like to think that GospelbeacH’s Pacific Surf Line (Alive Naturalsound) is a celebration of our country’s two left coasts—though maybe he would’ve preferred a bit more Old Florida charm to counter the L.A. swagger. “I miss the beach there; I miss the feeling in the air after it rains,” says Rademaker, a native of the Gulf Coast. “I really wanted to make this album sound like the kinds of music I listened to growing up in the ’70s.”

By and large, though, Pacific Surf Line celebrates Rademaker’s return to Southern California, its title referencing the modern trains that now traverse its dramatic coastline. “I love the people out here,” says Rademaker. “I work at Commune Design, which is known for being quintessentially California. I work with my wife and a ton of creative people. Once I started working there, that’s when the record really started taking shape.”

READ IT HERE

JAMES LEG UK/IRISH TOUR – Nov/Dec 2015

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See full tour schedule below – Tix go on sale @ 9 am on Wed. October 7th

JAMES LEG NOVEMBER/DECEMBER UK/IRISH TOUR

November

Fri 20 UK Southend The Railway Hotel
Sat 21 UK London Lexington
Sun 22 UK Brighton The Albert
Mon 23 UK Bristol Louisianna
Tues 24 UK Cardiff The Full Moon
Thrs 26 IE Dublin The Mezz
Fri 27 IE Derry Sandinos
Sat 28 IE Belfast The Hudson
Sun 29 IE Myrtleville Pine Lodge
Mon 30 IE Cork Crane Lane Theatre

December

Thrs 3 UK Leeds Brudenell Social Club Room 2
Sat 5 UK Stockton Green Room
Sun 6 UK Newcastle Cluny
Tues 8 UK Norwich Jug Jaws Beat Club @ The Crypt

Review of GOSPELBEACH on the UNCUT blog

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Moving on, Brent Rademaker’s diligent preservation of a certain LA country-rock sound has seen him pilot some handy groups, notably The Beachwood Sparks. The typographically awkward GospelbeacH is Rademaker’s latest band, and one which stays true to the aesthetic that’s sustained him for around two decades. Gram love proliferates, then, along with a hint of early ’70s Grateful Dead – due, perhaps, to the presence of guitarist Neal Casal (away from the Chris Robinson Brotherhood, he composed interval music for the Dead’s recent farewell gigs). – John Mulvey
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