A singular voice in music, London-based six piece The Golden Dregs return with the announcement of their fourth studio album, Godspeed, due 25 April via Joy of Life International. Alongside the announcement, the group are sharing a first taste of the album with new single ‘The Company Of Strangers’.

THE GOLDEN DREGS

is a project born of curiosity and observation — a pursuit of storytelling through melody, cynicism, and wry charm. Steered by Benjamin Woods, the songs emerge from a hazy British landscape, where the mundane and the sublime meet over pint glasses, late trains, and dimly lit dance floors. With a baritone voice as unvarnished as the truths it tells, The Golden Dregs captures a world of wanderers, optimists, and decisions left unmade. The project skirts the edges of genres — crooning through folk, slinking into garage rock, or settling into sparse, piano-led balladry — all while keeping one ear tuned to the echoes of classic songcraft.

This is music for those drawn to storytelling, for seekers of beauty in life’s corners where the paint has begun to peel. Whether backed by a full band or left bare and raw, The Golden Dregs offers a soundtrack to moments of reflection and reckoning — a mirror held up to time, place, and the ways in which we carry our burdens. Like the best storytellers, The Golden Dregs doesn’t hand you answers. Instead, it offers a glimpse into the messiness of being, leaving the listener to decipher meaning from what’s left unsaid.

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THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS

A charming, hook-filled track, ‘The Company of Strangers’ is richly layered, blending folk-tinged guitars with playful piano riffs and lush harmonies. But with its gentle melodies come profound reflections on urban life, as Ben wryly delivers lyrics like: “Maybe it’s time I was taken out to pasture / since lately I’ve been getting it wrong”. Of their new single, Ben says: “The Company of Strangers is a business empire into which one might invest their best life years, best health, best thoughts, every last hour of daylight in the winter months, to expire, become surplus to requirement, served notice, redundant. The Company doesn’t care about you but you are better than that. Godspeed The Company.”

The Golden Dregs was originally conceived as a solo project by multi-instrumentalist Ben Woods, but on their new album Godspeed, the project has fully evolved into an ensemble with individual contributions from each band member forming a vital part of the record. At the heart of it, though, is Ben’s resonant baritone and vivid songwriting. An ode to the city, Godspeed soars and plunges through urban highs and lows, capturing collective human experiences — loneliness, resilience, and the interconnectedness of strangers. It’s personal yet outward-looking, and full of hooks that surprise and linger.

The album launches Ben’s independent label, Joy of Life International which has been formed in collaboration with End of the Road Records.

Pre-order the album here:

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Godspeed by The Golden Dregs

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Releases 25/04/25

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The Golden Dregs live dates can be found below