{"id":41041,"date":"2008-08-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/one-good-turn-ep\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T11:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T11:20:12","slug":"one-good-turn-ep","status":"publish","type":"review","link":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/one-good-turn-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"One Good Turn (EP)"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the best things about writing for the Vault — besides, of course, the panel banter that livens up my spam-clogged inbox — is getting to forge relationships with the artists. You start to get invested in their successes, feeling some twinge of pleasure when they make the jump from unsigned indie act to major-label megastars, even though you didn\u2019t actually play any part beyond penning those early astonished reviews. <\/o:p><\/p>\n

And that\u2019s the case with me and Golden, the Atlanta, Georgia-based purveyors of sparkling blues-rooted pop tunes that really do sound like warm apple pie, as their MySpace claims. Their self-produced debut, 2006\u2019s \u2026 you and everything\u2026<\/a>,<\/i> lodged its way into that place in my heart (and my car stereo) with its charmingly catchy yet substantial songs, tricked out just enough with Joshua Golden\u2019s irresistible voice and the warm, subtle instrumentation. <\/o:p><\/p>\n

But while it\u2019s not going to be that much of a wait for their next album, Night Reminds The Day,<\/i> to drop, in the meantime, they\u2019ve put together a live set, available for free download on their website. The One Good Turn <\/i>EP finds the band sharing Center Stage in Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> with Robert Randolph & The Family Band, as well as hitting most of the highlights of \u2026 you and everything \u2026.<\/o:p><\/i><\/p>\n

The show begins with the lushly layered, hooky \u201cDrive.\u201d Touches of saxophone (played by Golden), nimble guitar runs by Adam Knight, and bassist Sky\u2019s full sound all inject a new looseness into the sleek album cuts while still retaining their signature blend of jazzy pop.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

Golden\u2019s vocals are instantly captivating as ever; my last review compared him to Adam Levine and David Gray, but this time around, he really just sounds like himself (with a touch of Ben Folds): confident and sultry, moving through registers with ease and grace. Take \u201cMaggie,\u201d where his strong, declarative near-growl morphs seamlessly into a softer pleading on the chorus, which is elevated still by the expansive instrumentation.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

In the live setting, jazzy, jittery \u201cMine\u201d is given nearly ten minutes to percolate and unfold, though it still sounds tight and somehow effortless. Van Todd\u2019s shimmering cymbals intersect with slow-burning guitar and saxophone grooves, while the melodies themselves are still as endearing as ever, all stick-in-your-head choruses and lovelorn sentiment. Meanwhile, \u201cCome Over,\u201d always my favorite track of theirs, is supple and sophisticated; midway through, the instruments fade away to just Golden\u2019s proclaiming, \u201cI\u2019m counting every hour \/ The hands on my watch \u2013 well, they\u2019re spinning around so slow \/ But you just take your time and I\u2019ll just be here, love \/ I\u2019ll just sit here waiting for you,\u201d before it launches back into a swelling, full-band outro.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

Closer \u201cRevolution\u201d keeps with the Golden aesthetic: classic bluesy jams updated with their own modern touches that lend the songs richness and accessibility. It\u2019s this sort of likeable lavishness that keeps me in tune to the group\u2019s next move, waiting with hopes that their latest disc is the big one that makes their (and our) dreams come true.<\/o:p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":29463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[7817],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-41041","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-golden","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/41041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/41041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=41041"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=41041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}