Craig Benedict Valentine Badynee delivers a breezy new single with ‘Golden Country’. Tight harmonies, jangling guitars and a driving 70’s style bass guitar bring the track to life. The single is available now on Team Love Records and will be followed by a full length L.P. in autumn 2024. Badynee reflects on creating the song: “ ‘Golden Country’ speaks to a universal longing for something better during a time when everything seems to be worsening. It yearns for a world where mistakes are learned from, and wisdom and caution guide our actions. Despite the somewhat heavy subject matter, subtle humor is woven throughout the song, as seen in the playful retelling of Adam and Eve’s expulsion from Eden and their being ‘red in the face,’ embarrassed by their newfound nudity—something the narrator plans on avoiding. Any hopefulness the lyrics might suggest seems to always be buoyed by some world-weary ‘I’ve-been-burnt-before’ wisdom”, as Badynee admits, “I know I’ve got a lot to learn.”
Ed Donnelly is a multi-instrumentalist, recording engineer and record producer from Los Angeles. He has worked with Willie Nelson, Crowded House, Marc Cohn, Jools Holland, Matchbox Twenty, The Cult, BoyHaunt, Gladys Knight, Trent Summar and The West Coast Mob, Smashing Pumpkins, Del McCoury, OK Go, Exodus, Molly Leach, Tom Morello, O.A.R., Madness, The Crystal Method, DrunkHungry, Deadmau5, Zac Brown, CrysP Tyger, Bighead Todd and the Monsters, Jake Shimabukuro, Barenaked Ladies, Tsar, Killola and more. Donnelly regularly performs with Nathan Jacques as well as Little Silver Hearts and records with GhostsDream. Little known fact: He previously held Top Secret Security Clearance with the U.S. Department of State and Q Clearance from the Department of Energy.
He currently runs The Barber’s Basement Recording Studio in Highland Park and is a partner in The Atmos at Lemontree Studio.
