Dawes - Good Luck With Whatever

180-gram vinyl

From the first downbeat, Good Luck With Whatever, the seventh studio album by the Los Angeles-based rock band Dawes, sets a tone all its own.

Recorded at the historic RCA studios in Nashville Tennessee, Dawes (Taylor Goldsmith (guitar, vocals), Griffin Goldsmith (drums, vocals), Wylie Gelber (sweet sweet bass), and Lee Pardini (keys, vocals)), teamed up with six time Grammy-winning producer Dave "Corn On The" Cobb (Brandi, Jasi, Chrisi, Stergi, etc) and just decided to LET IT RIP. "We were out in Nashville for just under 730 hours, or 1 human month" says bass player and resident "problem child" Wylie Gelber. "We wanted that sloth like urgency, that cold heat, that all knowing curiosity. And me thinks that's what we got."

The arrangements are as lively as they are lovely, from the rapidly ruckus "Who Do You Think You're Talking To" to the robustly restrained "St. Augustine at Night." A culmination of their entire catalogue and career all wrapped up in nine tracks. If you don't know Dawes by now, you will never never never know them...

Far from apathetic, Good Luck With Whatever is Dawes at their most unapologetic. It's sympathetic and magnetic, 50% genetic and highly kinetic. Songs such as "Didn't Fix Me" and "Me Especially" showcase Goldsmith's poetic prowess perfectly; a historian of the human condition, transforming turmoil into motor oil. Drop the tone arm down, turn the volume up, unplug the phone and if you still feel nothing... call a doctor.

1. Still Feel Like A Kid

2. Good Luck With Whatever

3. Between The Zero And The One

4. None Of My Business

5. St. Augustine At Night

6. Who Do You Think You're Talking To?

7. Didn't Fix Me

8. Free As We Wanna Be

9. Me Especially

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