{{short description|American singer}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=August 2011}} {{More footnotes needed|date= October 2014}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist | name = Jacob Golden | image = Jacob Golden 20080203 The Cellars.jpg | caption = Jacob Golden performing at The Cellars, Portsmouth, England. | image_size = 250px | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = | death_date = | origin = United States | instrument = | genre = Folk, Indie, Acoustic | occupation = Singer-songwriter | years_active = 2001–present | associated_acts = Faultline, Nitin Sawhney, Iain Archer, The Battle of Land and Sea | website = http://www.jacobgolden.com | current_members = | past_members = }}
'''Jacob Golden''' is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist from Portland, Oregon. After the dissolution of his former band, Birthday, in 2000 he has worked as a solo artist and collaborated with different electronica musicians and producers.
== Biography == Golden's debut album ''Hallelujah World'' was released in 2002 on Rough Trade. Featured on the Faultline album ''Your Love Means Everything'' in 2002/2004. His second record ''Revenge Songs'' was released on Sawtooth/Echo in 2007.
His song 'On a Saturday' appeared in the series finale of the Fox Drama ''The O.C.''.
== ''Revenge Songs'' == A self-described admirer of the idea of creating "modern field recordings",<ref>Lester, Paul. [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/apr/26/popandrock2], "The Guardian," 26 April 2007. Retrieved 8 January 2011.</ref> most of the album was recorded in Golden's home in Portland, and all background noise has been left in the finished record. On 'Zero Integrity' an ambulance siren can be heard in the background. Other tracks were recorded in underground car parks, concrete art galleries and at The Magic Closet in Portland.
Hand made limited edition copies of 'Revenge Songs' were made.
==Discography==
===Studio albums=== * '''''Hallelujah World''''' 17 June 2002 (Rough Trade) UK * '''''Revenge Songs''''' 2007 (Sawtooth Records/Echo) UK
===EPs and singles=== * "Welcome to Life" EP (Birthday) 2000 (Rough Trade) UK * "Jacob Golden EP" 16 July 2001 (Rough Trade) UK * "Come on Over" 28 October 2002 UK
=== Compilations === * On a Saturday (soundtrack, ''The O.C.'', 2007)
=== Collaborations === * Birthday – Welcome to Life EP (2000) * Faultline – Your Love Means Everything (album, 2002) : (''Bitter Kiss'' (vocals, guitars, keyboards, percussions), ''Where Is My Boy'' (guitar with Chris Martin of Coldplay on vocals) and ''Green Fields'' (backing vocals with Michael Stipe of R.E.M. on front vocals) * Nitin Sawhney – Human (album, 2003) : (Vocals on ''Say Hello'' and ''Falling Angels'') * Faultline – Your Love Means Everything (re-release without track ''Bitter Kiss'', 2004) * Nitin Sawhney – Philtre (album, 2005) <small>vocals on ''Everything''</small> * Little Foxes – Little Foxes EP. (2006)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.jacobgolden.com Official website] * [http://www.myspace.com/themusicofjacobgolden Jacob Golden] at MySpace * [http://musicbrainz.org/search/textsearch.html?query=Jacob+Golden&type=artist Jacob Golden] at MusicBrainz * [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Jacob+Golden Jacob Golden] at Discogs * [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/lounge-music-an-intimate-gig-with-singersongwriter-jacob-golden-455879.html Interview]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} from ''The Independent'' * [http://www.webcutsmusic.com/news23.html Interview]{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} from Webcuts * [http://www.stv.tv/content/out/music/qxa/display.html?id=opencms:/out/music/qxa/jacob_golden_interview Interview, February 2008]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} from stv.tv/music * [http://www.glidemagazine.com/articles/53419/volume-6-jacob-golden.html Strangers Almanac Column on Jacob Golden] from [http://www.glidemagazine.com Glide Magazine]
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