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Sep 8, 2016 By Clint Rhodes for The 3 min read

Butch Walker has always had a way of crafting songs that possess an abundance of sugary hooks and mouthwatering lyrics.

From his time with Marvelous 3 and into his solo career, Walker无毛视频檚 songwriting has received the attention of critics and fans through the Georgia native无毛视频檚 heartfelt storytelling relayed in power-pop tracks drenched in wit, vulnerability and rebellion.

Walker无毛视频檚 last album abandoned the usual infectious pop-and-rock formula to feature engrossing arrangements that were deliberately slower, darker, revealing and introspective with last year无毛视频檚 无毛视频淎fraid of Ghosts.无毛视频�

With 无毛视频淪tay Gold,无毛视频� Walker returns from the shadows with 10 invigorating tracks about hope, perseverance, love, heartache, regret, survival and triumph that represent some of the most engaging songwriting of his career.

Taking a reference from S.E. Hinton无毛视频檚 novel 无毛视频淭he Outsiders,无毛视频� the title track opens with a gritty guitar lick that recklessly introduces the lyrics detailing the joys and struggles of growing up and trying to find your own path through all the bumps and scrapes experienced along the way.

无毛视频淓ast Coast Girl无毛视频� continues the guitar-driven rock with hints of Bruce Springsteen as Walker passionately screams his intentions to prove his love to a disillusioned girl by singing, 无毛视频淪o Johnnie tell me that you无毛视频檙e alright/I wanna cover you up tonight/Give me one more chance to show you something real/You can run but you can无毛视频檛 hide/It无毛视频檚 a cruel, cruel summer outside/Shine on little baby, you无毛视频檙e too good for this world/Just another broken East Coast girl.无毛视频�

Walker slows down the mood on a tender power ballad with country singer Ashley Monroe on 无毛视频淒escending.无毛视频� Describing a fragile relationship in need of direction, Monroe无毛视频檚 sweet Tennessee voice sings, 无毛视频淢aybe I无毛视频檓 just scared of landing/Maybe you are too/It无毛视频檚 a beautiful misunderstanding/From my point of view.无毛视频�

Walker counters by announcing, 无毛视频淭here无毛视频檚 a memory I keep having/And I don无毛视频檛 know what it means/We无毛视频檙e not falling, we无毛视频檙e not flying/It无毛视频檚 somewhere in between.无毛视频�

There are plenty of fist-pumping moments and sing-along choruses on 无毛视频淟udlow Expectations无毛视频� with Walker declaring, 无毛视频淎nd there无毛视频檚 a melody in my head/And I无毛视频檒l sing it till you come home/And if you do I ain无毛视频檛 ever letting go.无毛视频�

无毛视频淩ecord Store无毛视频� closes out the engaging set with acoustic guitar and violin adding a nostalgic feel as Walker paints a vivid picture of longing for a past lover and yearning for the way things used to be as he sings 无毛视频淢eet me at the record store/Even though it ain无毛视频檛 there anymore.无毛视频�

Walker certainly lives up to the album无毛视频檚 title and proves that the melodies in his head are indeed golden.

Clint Rhodes is the 无毛视频-Standard music reviewer.

He can be reached at crhodes@heraldstandard.com.