Denver drummer Patrick Meese has revived his project The Centennial to release “Buried Gold”, his first recordings in over 10 years.
Aside from drumming and producing for Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats, Patrick has performed live in other Colorado acts Tennis and with Gregory Alan Isakov.
The Centennial first came on the scene by hosting an annual house party held during the Underground Music Showcase- Denver’s influential indie music festival. The “Yellow House” party, as it became known in the community, brought in bands from Colorado and around the country and held host to one of the Nights Sweats first shows.
“Buried Gold” is a new five song release written, performed and produced by Patrick at his studio during the Covid-19 pandemic. “Writing and recording on my own is usually a slow process. The pandemic hit right as I began a year of touring with Nathaniel Rateliff so all of the sudden I had a pretty empty calendar. I’m grateful to have a studio at home and I tried to make the best of bad situation. I was able to try ideas I’ve had for years but never had enough time to experiment with.”
Patrick teamed with LA-based artist Ben Radatz and New York-based artist Brian Alfred to create five lyric videos for the release, each inspired by images of the West.
Colorado and the West helped shaped the sound of “Buried Gold”. Meese moved to Denver from Northeast Ohio in 2001. “I wanted to theme these songs around being something small in a big space, which is how I felt for much of 2020. It was important for it to sound expansive.”
“Buried Gold” is out Friday July 9th on Mod y Vi Records.