This is some damn great power pop with old school influences on its sleeve (Byrds, 70s power pop, Dwight Twilley) but contemporary enough to identify itself as non-wholly-retro. Methinks it's also influenced by 'emo' and what passes nowadays for "punk" but (mostly) without the almost insulting (to this old school punker) saccharine teen stupidity of both genres. Good job, junior. I dig it. If you cut it on vinyl, I'm there.
I Know Nothing At All 02:33 lyrics
2. Every Little Thing 02:17 lyrics
4. Tucked Inside My Head 02:57 lyrics
5. Submarine 01:47 lyrics
7. Mental Math 01:25 lyrics
8. Always In Between 02:12 lyrics
One amp. One mic. One person. Countless hooks. That’s the Dazy formula. Since first releasing the single Bright Lights b/w Accelerate in August 2020, Dazy mastermind James Goodson has been writing, recording, and releasing new music like a man on the hunt to find the best pop hook, and he won’t stop until he’s put all of them into his songs. With the release of MAXIMUMBLASTSUPERLOUD: The First 24 Songs, Convulse Records collects all of the singles and EPs from Dazy’s first year onto one tape. And because Goodson can’t stop making things, there’s five brand-new songs up top to prove there’s plenty more in the tank.
Showcasing a unique set of influences, Dazy’s sound marries thumping drum machine beats, blasts of feeding back guitar, and sugar-sweet hooks into something that sounds like Godflesh covering Oasis—or maybe the other way around. With lean songwriting that recalls Teenage Fanclub but a home-recorded production style better suited for Big Black, Goodson builds a constant churn of abrasive, consuming noise and then makes it catchier than anyone else would ever dare to.
Out Of Body - Lame-O Records (2022)
OTHERBODY - Lame-O Records (2023)
MAXIMUMBLASTSUPERLOUD - Convulse Records (2021)
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