Norway’s Goldenboy Reveal New Album “Qualmbum”

Norwegian pop punk veterans Goldenboy have today released their fourth studio album, Qualmbum, that is now available via digital platforms with the vinyl being released next week via Cat’s Claw Records (UK), Apollon Records (Norway), Double Helix Records (USA), High End Denim Records (Canada), Pee Records (Australia) and Punk Rock Radar (USA). 

”Qualmbum is just as simple as it is complicated. Just as happy as it is sad. Most of the eleven tracks on the album were written after catastrophe hit lead singer and songwriter Torkel back in January 2022, when he and his wife lost their newborn son due to fatal hospital mistakes. The first and the last song on the album, My Name is Dad and Qualm, reflect on the sorrow and the trauma you go through losing a child, while the song Please Hold describes the anger and aggression you deal with when there actually is someone to blame. Rated R and Para Toda la Vida are both hymns to Torkel’s wife, while Lately is an anthem attempting to look forward to something and someone, as Torkel a year ago became a father for the fourth time. Other songs on the album were written a while before 2022, and deal with more everyday-9-to-5-normal-people-issues: Heartbreaks, hangovers, family, and the struggle between me, myself and I. All in all Qualmbum makes us really proud. We hope it makes you feel something too.“