Soaked in Gold is, I think, the shortest EP on the list today, and I think the least polished. It reminds me of Chet Faker, but without the driving pulse and rhythm of his music. But Geoffrey has an element of rawness and vulnerability that makes his music exciting, despite its lack of polish.
Soaked in Gold is also unique in that it’s focused a bit more on the riff, albeit a riff surrounded by electronic elements. So it’s a little more familiar for people coming from an indie rock background, but it was clearly put together with a synthesizer.
It’s also focused on letting natural and synthetic instruments breathe and live together organically (quite a mouthful), which puts him into a favourable comparison with Chet Faker again. Altogether, this approach to songwriting mixes and mingles the best of alternative rock with the future of electronic.
The next step for Geoffrey, in my mind, is putting together a band that can make him better. While his music isn’t bad, that element of polish isn’t going to come from meticulously writing to a metronome. Without the ability to run ideas off other people, I get the feeling that Geoffrey is pushing against his own limitations here — and he could greatly benefit from having other band members throw ideas at him.