{"id":37874,"date":"2021-09-16T13:10:42","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T03:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.valverecords.com.au\/shop\/?post_type=product&p=37874"},"modified":"2025-02-26T13:09:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T03:09:49","slug":"ben-ely-the-golden-path-in-ye-olde-fools-gold-vinyl","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.valverecords.com.au\/shop\/product\/ben-ely-the-golden-path-in-ye-olde-fools-gold-vinyl\/","title":{"rendered":"BEN ELY – The Golden Path – in ye olde fools GOLD VINYL"},"content":{"rendered":"

BEN ELY – The Golden Path VINYL – a handful of GOLD for the foolhardy luxury end of town. Get some leaf!
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BEN ELY\u2019s third full length solo album burns light through gloom in taking flight to THE\u00a0GOLDEN PATH.<\/p>\n

Naturally expanding his past solitary engagements towards the full exhilaration a band with all\u00a0the expansiveness that affords shines bright in this latest collection of Ben infused tunes. The\u00a0creativity runs deep and free in this one.<\/p>\n

“During 2020 not only did I, like the majority of musicians, lose a large percentage of my gigs\u00a0but the tool shed in my garden was destroyed by white ants. The little buggers had a feast on\u00a0the timber hiding behind the 20 feet high bamboo plant. I have a friend Millsey who is the set\u00a0builder at La Boite theatre. He had lost all his work also and offered to help me build a structure,\u00a0a little music studio in my garden to replace my destroyed one. He and his friend Jamie built me\u00a0a magical little space. I then proceeded to write and record in there everyday as there wasn’t\u00a0much else on\u2026 eventually offering up a new solo album. I went a bit crazy layering heaps of\u00a0instruments intending never to play it live as well there were no gigs were happening. It was\u00a0originally intended to be a dark solo venture, though working with dark subject matter was\u00a0getting me down. I decided to cheer myself up with a brighter outlook… and walk the golden\u00a0path instead.<\/p>\n

Fast forward to 2021. I was offered a show with a full band. So I got my friend Millsy who built\u00a0my studio, who happens to be also be a really great drummer to play drums.<\/p>\n

And here we are with the final result. The Golden Path.\u201d<\/p>\n

BEN ELY<\/em><\/strong>
\nThe Golden Path<\/em><\/strong>
\nV163<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
Out JULY 16 on Valve thru MGM.<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
featuring The Golden Path, Tale of the Cyclops, Love, Breathe in the Sunshine and more<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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VINYL in recycled technicolour available here.
\nA special release GOLD LEAF vinyl version.<\/p>\n

BANDCAMP<\/strong> digital – https:\/\/consumevalve.bandcamp.com\/album\/the-golden-path<\/a><\/p>\n

And shedding \u00a0light on the DIGITAL<\/strong> paths: https:\/\/ffm.to\/thegoldenpath<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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