I love Keith Harman’s band The Cowboys, one of the more original punk bands in recent years. Harman also fronts Good Looking Son, a band in which he teams up with Jerome Westerkamp (Vacation), John Clooney (Vacation, Tweens), and Andrew Jody (Barrence Whitfield & the Savages, Long Gones). Good Looking Son debuted in 2021 with a promising EP, and last Friday they released their highly anticipated debut LP Confirmed Bachelor. It’s a good one!
Confirmed Bachelor is suprisingly conventional and consistent for a Keith Harman record, but special just the same. The LP has ten timeless outsider pop and rock originals with roots in the ’60s and ’70, and closes with an electrifying cover of the Bee Gees’ I Don’t Think It’s Funny. Some songs are instant crushes, like the powerpopesque Long Form Girlfriend and the psych pop-ish Forty Night Stand. Other songs take multiple plays to reveal their qualities or appeal. That mix between instant and delayed rewards is a testament to great songwriting.
Give Confirmed Bachelor multiple plays, fall for it and buy the LP sooner or later through Feel It Records.
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