da Googie is the solo project of Deb Googe, the bass player in My Bloody Valentine and Thurston Moore Group. da Googie blends traditional basslines with more abstract noises and field recordings to create songs based around intricate, layered soundscapes.

Cara Tivey is a pianist and composer. During the 80s and 90s, Cara worked as a session keyboardist, touring and recording with various bands, including Everything But The Girl, Billy Bragg, and Blur during their Parklife era. She later taught music and Performing Arts at the Royal National College for the Blind in Hereford.

Despite decades of stellar work, neither Deb nor Cara have ever released an album under their own names until now, with The Golden Thread, their full-length debut made under the name da Googie + Cara Tivey.

Immersive Visuals designed by Deb Googe and operated and installed by The Fully Automatic Model

(This is the second event in the Oh Yeah Presents immersive series, following the commission of VANTA during Sound of Belfast 2025. Each one is unique.)

About the Artists

Deb Googe joined My Bloody Valentine during its ascent to legend, Deb joined My Bloody Valentine, and then filled a temporary void in Primal Scream. She also aided in Thurston Moore’s late-period artistic high, formed Snowpony with Stereolab’s Katharine Gifford, and played bass in ex-Fall guitarist Brix Smith’s all-female band.

Cara Tivey may be best known as a long-time collaborator of Billy Bragg, but she has also played with a remarkable array of artists, including Everything But The Girl, Blur, Lilac Time, Au Pairs, and the greatest living genius of the West Midlands, Robert Lloyd of Nightingales fame.

The Fully Automatic Model is a multidisciplinary artist from Derry working with digital projection, generative art and light as a sculptural medium.

PRESS FOR THE GOLDEN THREAD

The Golden Thread is an overdue declaration of artistry from two musicians whose work has long underpinned the music of others. The past lingers, but here, it twists, tightens, and trembles into something altogether different. — Post-punk.com

This is no mere side project, but very much music in its own zone. The songs vary from mesmerizing drone pieces to a captivating cascade of arpeggios hooking around the neo-industrial drum patterns. — Louder Than War

An atmospheric, cutting-edge, experimental tapestry of dark, magical musical textures and songs by an English duo of seasoned, innovative collaborators in a superb debut LP together. The album is also decorated with clever, entrancing videos created by Googe, making it a fabulously original release, truly unlike anything else out there. — The Song Bar

“Dumb”is available on YouTube as a fantastic video created by Deb herself, featuring absurdities captured in animated (and public domain) footage—such as a rodent army, ape-like men alongside man-like apes, and brainless birds—along with their even sadder human equivalents, captured on film. By the time you read this, a second video,”Bad Habits,” will likely have already appeared.