Chris Garneau Shares “Goldmine” Single, New Album Coming This Fall
Today one of New York’s finest singer-songwriters, Chris Garneau, is back with a brand new track, “Goldmine.” On “Goldmine” — the lead single from Chris Garneau’s forthcoming sixth album—Garneau embarks on a bold new era of songwriting, blending sleek pop sensibility with a vintage, eccentric allure. The track pulses with electrified bass and drums, roadhouse-style melodic guitars, and a sultry lead vocal that exudes polished, erotic energy.
Produced alongside collaborator Dan Marcellus (Out of Love, 2023), “Goldmine” marks a creative and spiritual departure for Garneau. It captures the dizzying intoxication of newfound desire—an awakening of physical and sensual energy. Unlike anything in his previous work, “Goldmine” channels the rush of falling in love with a youthful abandon, where pheromones spark and emotions surge in an electrifying exchange.
“I feel like my body just woke up. For so long, I was activated mostly by fear and sadness. Then all of a sudden, I remembered what it felt like to fall in love again—that intoxicating rush,” Chris recalls. “Like standing under a freezing waterfall. It felt like 18. It felt like I was sharing a body—like we even smelled the same. I felt my own allure again. My relationship with my body had been tied to trauma and old wounds for most of my life, and almost overnight that story, that pain just evaporated. And then I wrote this song.” This is Chris Garneau as we’ve never heard him before—sexy, urgent, and utterly magnetic. Stay tuned for Chris Garneau’s brand new album, coming this fall.
FEATURE INTERVIEW:
“Goldmine” represents a creative and spiritual departure for you. How did this shift in songwriting and production come about, and what inspired you to embrace this bold new era?
Well everything leading up to this new chapter was actually pretty dark which is important to understand. For a couple years I was trying to live in a way that was antithetical to who I am—I put myself through a weird time and a strange relationship. My body didn’t respond well to that which created a really bad dynamic. By the time that all ended, I was starting to come back into myself and then I just serendipitously met somehow really helped me get free. That activation in my body and heart inspired this song and this new orientation to music.
The track explores the exhilarating feeling of newfound desire and physical awakening. How did you channel these emotions into your vocal delivery and musical arrangement?
There was this urgency in the writing that made everything fluid—the transfer of internal to external was not considered, it just happened. So the production came together naturally, too. I remember on the first demos, I sang the chorus with a lot of force and pushed up an octave. But in the next few incarnatons, I dropped into a lower, more relaxed register, which actually felt more comfotable for me. I don’t have to push my voice there, it’s less of a performance and more like talking. That felt really correct in the context of this song and lyric.
You mention that your relationship with your body was previously tied to trauma and old wounds. How has writing “Goldmine” contributed to your personal healing and artistic evolution?
There was a series of events between 2021 and 2024 that forced me to revisit and unpack wounds I thought I had already processed. Writing “Goldmine” came from a place of new love, but it wasn’t just about falling in love—it was about recognizing that old pain was being pushed out of me, almost as if it was disappearing from my psyche. This shift felt like my body was waking up, and the song became proof that the change had really happened. It also completely reshaped the direction of this album. Before “Goldmine,” I was working on an entirely different set of songs. But after writing it, I scrapped everything and started fresh—it was that transformative.
