Polyvinyl Record Co.’s latest signing is unGoogleable Melbourne duo Good Morning, i.e., Stefan Blair and Liam Parsons, who marked their addition to the Illinois-based indie label with their first new songs in two years, “Mollyduker” and “Keep It.” Both are worth your time, but it’s the latter, sung by Parsons, that stands out to us, a warm, Wilco-esque amalgam of indie pop and alt-country described in a press release as “a meditation on failure, drinking and aging.” While Parsons dwells on “the stupid shit I said over the years,” acoustic guitars amble onward over barebones bass and percussion, sharing space with twangy electric riffs and well-placed keys. Parsons calls the song “an ode to stasis,” but Good Morning are on the move, thanks in part to their ability to render regret’s aches and pains in such soothing song.
“Keep It” is the new digital single from Good Morning, out everywhere April 28th, 2021.
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