the Golden Dregs AKA: Benjamin Woods, has single a new track off his forthcoming album, On Grace & Dignity, available February 10th via 4AD. The track is deeply rooted in Woods’ rich baritone, his voice beautifully laying the foundation for the song to crescendo into a joyous chamber-pop anthem. The video, created by Joe Wheatley is a black-and-white narrative on the fragility of death.

“Before We Fell From Grace” arrives ahead of the Golden dregs’ US live debut in March. He’ll be playing on both coasts in Brooklyn and Los Angeles with support from Julian Klincewicz in LA. He’ll also make stops at SXSW and Treefort Music Festival. To celebrate the release of On Grace & Dignity, Woods has also announced a run of release week UK in-store performances. All live dates are below, head here for more information.
Out on February 10th, Woods’ third album, On Grace & Dignity, considers his home and what it means to be shaped by a place – in this instance, Truro, Cornwall’s capital, home to a rare three-spired cathedral, a peaceful river and a lot of empty shops and flimsy out-of-town housing estates. In among the personal reflections on loss of innocence and inferiority, Woods spins subtly interweaving narratives about survival, desperate acts of violence, loss and the limitations of community in the face of rapacious gentrification. Written, recorded and produced by Woods from his South London home and childhood bedroom in Truro, it was mixed by Ali Chant (Perfume Genius, Aldous Harding) who provided additional production.

For the album’s visuals, Woods commissioned Bristol-based model-maker Edie Lawrence to construct an HO-scale fictional Cornish town. Christened Polgras, the 8 ft by 4 ft model features a viaduct, an estuary, a supermarket, new-build houses and industrial buildings; every song from On Grace & Dignity is represented by a scene in the town. “There are different parts of the experience of growing up in Cornwall in there,” he says. “Some of it was from me looking at it when I was down there that winter, and some of it was me harking back to the experience of growing up there. It’s defined by that sense of duality, of coexisting realities,” he explains. “You’re geographically so far away, and it has a strong identity of its own, as well as a different landscape. It’s so rugged and bleak, but beautiful – which is what I really like in music.”

the GOLDEN DREGS
On Grace & Dignity
Tracklisting
4AD

1. Intro
2. American Airlines
3. How It Starts
4. Before We Fell From Grace
5. Not Even The Rain
6. Eulogy
7. Josephine
8. Vista
9. Sundown Lake
10. Beyond Reasonable Doubt

the GOLDEN DREGS 2023 TOUR DATES
UK IN-STORE TOUR (FREE ENTRY):

Feb 10 – Brighton, UK, Resident (Solo)
Feb 11 – Totnes, UK, Drift (Lunchtime)
Feb 11 – Falmouth, UK, The Cornish Bank w/ Jam Records (Evening)
Feb 12 – Bristol, UK, Rough Trade (Solo)
Feb 13 – Nottingham, UK, Rough Trade (Solo)
Tues 14 – Oxford, UK, Truck (Solo)
Feb 15 – Southsea, UK, Pie & Vinyl (Solo)
Feb 16 – London, UK, Rough Trade East (Solo)

TOUR DATES:
US
March 8 – BROOKLYN, NY, USA, Baby’s All Right
March 13-18– AUSTIN, TX, USA, SXSW
March 23 – LOS ANGELES, CA, USA, Gold Diggers*
March 24-25– BOISE, ID, Treefort Music Festival

* = w/ Julian Klincewicz

EU/UK
April 6 – LONDON, UK, Village Underground
April 13 – Lille, FRANCE, Le Grande Mix
April 14- Paris, FRANCE, Hasard Ludique
April 15- Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS, Motel Mozaique Festival
April 17- Brussels, BELGIUM, AB Club
April 19- Copenhagen, DENMARK, Loppen
April 20- Oslo, NORWAY, Krøsset
April 21- Stockholm, SWEDEN, Kristallen @ Sodra Teatern
April 23- Hamburg, GERMANY, Molotow
April 24- Cologne, GERMANY, Bumann & Sohn
April 25- Berlin, GERMANY, Urban Spree
May 5 – MARGATE, Great Britain, Elsewhere
May 6 – BRIGHTON, Great Britain, Green Door Store
May 8 – BRISTOL, Great Britain, The Louisiana
May 9 – BIRMINGHAM, Great Britain Hare & Hounds
May 10 – MANCHESTER, Great Britain, Yes Pink Room
May 13 – DUBLIN, IRELAND, Workman’s Club
May 14 – GALWAY, IRELAND, Roisin Dubh
May 16 – GLASGOW, Great Britain, Mono
May 17 – NEWCASTLE, Great Britain, Cluny 2
May 18 – LEEDS, Great Britain, Brudenell Social Club
May 20 – Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS, London Calling @ Paradiso
Aug 3-5— Haldern, GERMANY, Haldern Pop Festival

Pre-order On Grace & Dignity by the Golden Dregs HERE