Gold & Red is an album characterised as much by its melodic grace as by its pervasive sense of doom. Recorded in the orchestral hall of Brisbane's historic Old Museum, the album demonstrates a stylistic change in direction that showcases front-man Ryan Potter's skills as a songwriter and lyricist, along with the band's collective ability to craft these skills into distinctive and compelling arrangements. Moving beyond the ill-fitting 'post-rock' labels of the past, Gold & Red sees Nikko draw influence from classic forms of songwriting such as blues and country.