- 1Straight 2 You
- 2Bull Around The Porcelain
- 3Delusions of...
- 4I Don't Wanna Think About The Money
- 5Half Truth
- 6Silly Me
- 7Bad Penny
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Dazy–the Richmond, VA-based project of James Goodson–has returned with the Bad Penny EP: a surprise release of seven songs showcasing the imaginative production and homemade crunch that is sure to charm fuzz rockers, bedroom poppers, and trip hoppers alike.
Since the 2022 release of Dazy’s acclaimed debut album, OUTOFBODY, Goodson has been charting an unconventional path and expanding his sound in exciting new directions through a steady release of singles, EPs, and collaborations. Bad Penny continues this hot streak, although calling it an EP might be a bit of an arbitrary designation: clocking in at just shy of 22 minutes, Bad Penny is only three minutes shorter than OUTOFBODY, and is crafted with the cohesion and obsessive attention to detail that defines Dazy.
At times the Bad Penny EP sounds like a transmission from an alternate reality where Noel Gallagher leads Gorillaz instead of Damon Albarn, with melodies as big and bold as they come, the inventive production packed with manipulated sounds and head-bobbing loops. Tracks like “Straight 2 You,” “Bull Around The Porcelain,” and “Silly Me” blend the thump of drum machines and primitive Casio SK-1 samples with blown-out guitars and distortion-smeared vocal harmonies. Mid-EP standout “I Don’t Wanna Think About The Money” might just be the best pop tune Dazy has ever penned, a cut of sample-driven big beat reimagined as heart-on-the-sleeve indie rock; elsewhere “Half Truth” and “Delusions of…” hew closer to the concise overdriven alt rock of OUTOFBODY, save for the breakbeats and streaks of TB-303 that instead sound like The Chemical Brothers crashing a Sugar show.
Written, performed, and recorded entirely by Goodson, Bad Penny illustrates that Dazy’s true strength lies in his ability to transmute all these familiar influences into something unique, as perhaps best evidenced by the title track closer. Flipping Goodson’s penchant for two-minute guitar pop nuggets on its head, the song stretches out over six minutes as it builds from quirky sample-collaged psych pop into a tornado of speaker-ripping guitars and feedback, all somehow topped by a vocal melody catchy enough to conquer the noise.
Since the 2022 release of Dazy’s acclaimed debut album, OUTOFBODY, Goodson has been charting an unconventional path and expanding his sound in exciting new directions through a steady release of singles, EPs, and collaborations. Bad Penny continues this hot streak, although calling it an EP might be a bit of an arbitrary designation: clocking in at just shy of 22 minutes, Bad Penny is only three minutes shorter than OUTOFBODY, and is crafted with the cohesion and obsessive attention to detail that defines Dazy.
At times the Bad Penny EP sounds like a transmission from an alternate reality where Noel Gallagher leads Gorillaz instead of Damon Albarn, with melodies as big and bold as they come, the inventive production packed with manipulated sounds and head-bobbing loops. Tracks like “Straight 2 You,” “Bull Around The Porcelain,” and “Silly Me” blend the thump of drum machines and primitive Casio SK-1 samples with blown-out guitars and distortion-smeared vocal harmonies. Mid-EP standout “I Don’t Wanna Think About The Money” might just be the best pop tune Dazy has ever penned, a cut of sample-driven big beat reimagined as heart-on-the-sleeve indie rock; elsewhere “Half Truth” and “Delusions of…” hew closer to the concise overdriven alt rock of OUTOFBODY, save for the breakbeats and streaks of TB-303 that instead sound like The Chemical Brothers crashing a Sugar show.
Written, performed, and recorded entirely by Goodson, Bad Penny illustrates that Dazy’s true strength lies in his ability to transmute all these familiar influences into something unique, as perhaps best evidenced by the title track closer. Flipping Goodson’s penchant for two-minute guitar pop nuggets on its head, the song stretches out over six minutes as it builds from quirky sample-collaged psych pop into a tornado of speaker-ripping guitars and feedback, all somehow topped by a vocal melody catchy enough to conquer the noise.
