I Sold Gold by Aqueduct

I Sold Gold, Aqueduct's second album, arrived on Barsuk on January 25, 2005, and it's bedroom pop that finally got out of the bedroom. Aqueduct began as David Terry's one-man project in Tulsa; he moved to Seattle in 2003, and within twelve hours of landing he was opening for Modest Mouse at the Showbox. The songs were cut in bits and pieces around Oklahoma and Seattle, then finished and mixed at Echo Lab in Denton, Texas with producer Matt Pence, and they bounce along on a springy blend of drum beats, synthpop shimmer and piano, the kind of sound that had people reaching for the Flaming Lips, Modest Mouse and Frank Black.

"The Suggestion Box" is the one that caught on, while "Growing Up With GNR" and "Heart Design" were carried over from the debut, Power Ballads. In 2016 Terry gave it a second life, remastered on gold and black vinyl.

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