Golden retriever running in the snow towards the viewer next to a blue stream

Hope is not prognostication. It is an orientation of the spirit, an orientation of the heart; it transcends the world that is immediately experienced, and is anchored somewhere beyond its horizons.

~Vaclav Havel

But his BFF is a novice drummer, so probably safe to trust his affinities for the vocals and guitars.

Ink and watercolor sketch of three men rocking out with guitar, drums, and bass on a small stage. The drummer’s shirt says The Cure.

Here are the Golden Tiles playing their ep release party at The Snug in Portland, OR earlier this month.

I really like them, but my bff @justinhocking.bsky.social
is playing the drums so you probably can’t trust me.