It's always a good day when we get some new Dazy songs. Our homie James Goodson, a musician and publicist based in Richmond, has been a human banger factory since the peak pandemic days. With his fully-solo recording project Dazy, James makes casually brilliant fuzz-pop nuggets that recall the peak '90s. Today, he hits us with his first new songs of 2026.
Last year, Dazy dropped the Bad Penny EP, The "Pay No Mind (To The Signs)" single, and the Militarie Gun collab "Tall People Don't Live Long." (That title. Jesus Christ. I'm still mad. The nerve of these fuckers. Ian wants to talk about "James is tall." Crocodile Dundee voice: That's not tall.) Goodson is about to hit the road with Sleaford Mods, and now he's got two new glittering gems. "BIG Problem" and "Gravity" get deeper into synthy indie-dance territory than Dazy usually goes, and it sounds like James got himself a new melodica. Here's what our man says in a press release:
I think at the end of the day, I pretty much make singer-songwriter music. It’s usually just simple chord progressions and vocal melodies, but I like the idea of taking those fundamentals and finding ways to bend the presentation. I feel like the more I try to change things up, the more I sort of discover the true constants of my own songwriting, the things that make it sound like me whether it’s in the context of big distorted guitars or samples — or hopefully anything.
Below, check out those new songs and the dates of the upcoming tour.
TOUR DATES:
5/08-09 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg *
5/10 - Washington, DC @ Atlantis *
5/14 - Los Angeles, CA @ Fonda Theater *
5/16-17 - San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel *
5/21 - Seattle, WA @ Crocodile *
5/22-23 - Vancouver, BC @ The Pearl *
* with Sleaford Mods
"BIG Problem" b/w "Gravity" is out now on Lame-O.
