Nervousness is a bear—the form of untamed beast that may solely be felled by unconventional means. Remi Goode makes an uneasy peace with that realization on “Quick Circuit” and its companion video. She might by no means be snug in social conditions, however at the very least she’ll exit in an infectious blaze of jazzbo glory à la Ricki Lee Jones.
“It’s a sarcastic critique of my anxious ideas and internal voices,” says Goode. “I wrote it with a throw-up-my-hands mentality whereas coming to the conclusion that every one my struggles are self-inflicted. Nervousness makes so many conditions appear a lot greater and extra excessive than they’re. As somebody who usually catastrophizes, I assumed it will be enjoyable to play into all of the absolutes and exaggerations.”
Born and raised in Arizona, Goode is a classically educated guitarist who was additionally a part of the nationally acclaimed Tucson Women Refrain. Her accomplice in crime (and life) is Gabe Lehrer. The 2 met via their guitar instructor, and each are alums of the music program at Arizona State College. The ASU connection served the pair nicely as they started recording the songs that will finally land on her upcoming debut, Issues I’ve Mentioned Earlier than. In the meantime, on the highway, a fragile, deceptively intricate folks/Americana sound started taking form as Goode, Lehrer and their small band of ASU friends carried out across the Southwest within the early 2020s.
Now primarily based in Nashville, Goode has an unfiltered confessional fashion alongside the strains of Suzanne Vega and Kathleen Edwards, although her classical coaching lends a sure malleability and open-endedness to Issues I’ve Mentioned Earlier than. You get the sense that Goode is keen to go wherever for the sake of the music, and there’s a few of that on “Quick Circuit.”
“The layered background vocals personify the embarrassed and self-critical voices inside my head and take jabs on the lead vocal,” says Goode. “Within the music video, I needed to play that up additional by turning these voices into separate characters and letting them work together. I undoubtedly didn’t need to do a lot appearing to indicate my social anxiousness in these get together scenes.”
We’re proud to premiere Remi Goode’s “Quick Circuit.” Issues I’ve Mentioned Earlier than is out September 26.
—Hobart Rowland
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