First single for the new album is out! "Good Boy Good" is available on all the streamers.
Review from The Big Takeover: "Remember when rock music had no problem being this funky? This easily accessible and instantly infectious? When groove and grace were defining properties rather than volume and velocity, which now seems to be the norm? When soul and rock were brothers in musical arms? Remember all that? Two Dark Birds certainly does."
From Expansion Radial: “There’s restrained anger and frustration beneath the surface, paired with a subtle but powerful critique of traditional expectations around masculinity, stability, and control.”
The song was recorded at The Woods studio by Todd Adelman and features Jason Mills (drums), Josh Roy Brown (lap), Tyler Wood (wurlitzer), and Mark Lerner (bass). Jordanaires backing vocals courtesy brothers from the way back Don Piper and Mark Rozzo.
GOOD BOY GOOD (lyrics)
You were raised to never complain
Zip that lip, show no pain
You were raised to swallow the shame
Keep it tight, the secret strange
All they ever wanted was
A good boy good boy
Good good boy
Good boy good
So all you ever gave them was
A good boy good boy
Good good boy
Good boy good
Cord slacks chafe, big wheel dawns
GI Joes rage, suburban lawns
And later yet at the wooden desk
Fill those ovals neat, the leaden test
I want to smash
Everything in my path
I want to smash everything
You all grown up, you a steady man
Work that steady job, play the steady hand
Earn that steady pay each and every day
Steady now boy, swallow that strange