Richmond rock 'n' roller James Goodson is a music publicist and, full disclosure, an occasional show buddy of mine. He's also the one-man banger factory behind Dazy, a project that has cranked out many, many excellent songs since Goodson started anonymously dropping Bandcamp tracks during the 2020 COVID summer. Back in 2021, a year before he became a Stereogum Artist To Watch, Goodson released MAXIMUMBLASTSUPERLOUD: The First 24 Songs, his compilation of Dazy's first year. Today, he announces plans to follow it with MAXIMUMBLASTSUPERLOUD Vol. 2: 24 Songs From 2023-2026, another comp that features a bunch of tracks that we haven't heard yet.
Thus far, Dazy has released exactly one proper album, 2022's OUTOFBODY. Since then, he has continued to crank out new songs, and they've mostly come out one or two at a time. (The last two, "BIG Problem" and "Gravity," dropped in May.) Along the way. Dazy has collaborated with people like Militarie Gun and Bodysync, and his own tracks have taken on more psychedelic trip-hop textures without losing the fuzzed-out '90s alt-pop immediacy of his early stuff.
Seven of the tracks on MAXIMUMBLASTSUPERLOUD Vol. 2 are brand-new, including "Beat Change," the single that he released today. It's a huge, swirling rocker that, at five and a half minutes, might be the longest and most ambitious thing that he's done yet. I really like this song, which starts off loud and trippy and gets a lot louder and trippier. Goodson sings some extremely real lyrics about getting older and realizing that the fleeting nature of life is that much more terrifying. Below, check out "Beat Change," the MAXIMUMBLASTSUPERLOUD Vol. 2 tracklist, and the date for Dazy's upcoming tour with Militarie Gun, Softcult, and Shady Nasty.
TRACKLIST:
01 "Beat Change"
02 "Something Goes"
03 "Ugly"
04 "Bad Actors"
05 "Hit The Wall"
06 "Ricochet"
07 "Unreasonable Person"
08 "BIG Problem"
09 "Gravity"
10 "Straight 2 You"
11 "Bull Around The Porcelain"
12 "Delusions of…"
13 "I Don’t Wanna Think About The Money"
14 "Half Truth"
15 "Silly Me"
16 "Bad Penny"
17 "Pay No Mind (To The Signs)"
18 "Get Out My Mind"
19 "I Get Lost"
20 "The Crush"
21 "Big End"
22 "Weigh Down On Me"
23 "It’s Only A Secret"
24 "Forced Perspective"
TOUR DATES:
09/06 - Oklahoma City, OK @ Beer City Music Hall *
09/08 - Dallas, TX @ AM/FM *
09/09 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk *
09/10 - Baton Rouge, LA @ Chelsea’s Live *
09/12 - Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum *
09/13 - Miami, FL @ Churchills *
09/14 - Orlando, FL @ Conduit *
09/16 - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade *
09/17 - Nashville, TN @ Eastside *
09/18 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle *
09/19 - Charlottesville, VA @ The Southern *
09/20 - Washington, DC @ Black Cat *
09/22 - Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts *
09/27 - Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club *
09/29 - Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop *
09/30 - Detroit, MI @ The Loving Touch *
10/01 - Chicago, IL @ Metro *}
10/02 - Iowa City, IA @ Gabes *
10/03 - Milwaukee, WI @ Vivarium *
10/04 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line *
10/06 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater *
10/07 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro *
10/09 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos *
10/10 - Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre *
10/11 - Portland, OR @ Hawthorne *
10/13 - San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel *
10/14 - Fresno, CA @ Strummer's *
10/15 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent Theater *
* with Militarie Gun, Softcult, & Shady Nasty
MAXIMUMBLASTSUPERLOUD Vol. 2: 24 Songs From 2023-2026 is out 10/23 on Lame-O Records. Pre-order it here.
