|
|||||
|
‘Country’ evokes a feeling as universal as it is instantly understood, with lines such as “You know that I’m incapable of changing / Some people just get stuck in their ways / Never thought it’d be me like this / I was meant to be brave,” that see Parsons deliver a vocal performance comparable to Brandon Flowers and Dave Le’aupepe, with lyrics just as authentic and meditative. Visually, ‘Country‘ is brought to life against a recurring backdrop of Liam’s childhood, the 1st Eltham Scouts Hall. “I was always too embarrassed to admit that I was a scout to my school friends, the same way I was too embarrassed to admit that I got piano lessons. Both of those things are ridiculous. Scouts is cool and so are piano lessons” he shares.
Good Morning are rulebreakers. Not in a sexy, flamboyant way – more in a casual, resigned kind of way. Accidental and incidental rulebreakers. The creation and release of their sixth album, Barnyard, is the result of a process of patient refinement and the breaking of a couple of self-imposed rules. Thoughtful, catchy, idiosyncratic, and nearly twice the average length of their back catalogue, it’s all the things one might love about Good Morning, this time around presented with the fat trimmed and the edges sharpened. Recorded at Wilco’s famed studio The Loft, for the first time in a long time the record was made with the help of an outside engineer and will see an international release on a record label not operated by a friend, but instead, Polyvinyl, joining the likes of Alvvays, Julia Jacklin, STRFKR, Kero Kero Bonito and more. A milestone in the history of the band it’s also their most meditative record, thoughtful and careful in its evocations. Not too little and not too much, it’s just right – just Good Morning.
PREMIERE LINK
MONDAY 6 SEPTEMBER
5PM LA
8PM New York
7PM Mexcio City
9PM Rio De Janeiro
TUESDAY 7 SEPTEMBER
10AM Melbourne
1AM London
9AM Tokyo
BARNYARD LP by Good Morning
is out Oct 22, pre-order here
TRACKLIST
To Young To Quit
Depends On What I Know
Wahlberg
Yng_Shldn
Matthew Newton
Tree
I’ve Been Waiting
Burning
Big Wig // Small Dog
Never Enough
Green Skies
Country
Stay connected with Good Morning:
Official Website | Instagram | Twitter | Bandcamp | Facebook
