“THERE’S NO IGNORING CHRONIC PAIN”
John Baizley thinks about endings a lot, as you would if you had survived a near-death experience as horrific as the tourbus crash that nearly wiped out him and his band, Baroness, in 2012.
But right now, he’s considering a different kind of ending. Specifically, the end of his band, or at least the end of the arc they have traced for the past decade and more.
The Georgia quartet’s stunning fifth album, Gold & Grey, is a summation of everything they’ve been building towards during that time. Its dizzying musical breadth reads like a DNA map of everything Baroness have been and ultimately became. And right now, their founder and sole original member isn’t sure what’s next.
“Every other record has had a comma after it,” he says. “This
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