Goon Releases New EP 'Happy Omen' Today

Experimental fringe rockers Goon have released their new EP Happy Omen.

On first listen, Happy Omen is a decidedly darker and experimental release compared to the band's first EP Dusk of Punk.

Singer-songwriter Kenny Becker explains:
In June of 2016 we began recording a new batch of songs, with the intent of creating an LP. Which we did, but when reflecting on what we had created there was this feeling that it wasn't quite fleshed out enough. So that prompted a second phase of recording where we re-recorded some songs from those first sessions and continued down the rabbit hole of experimentation for a little while. At a certain point we realized some of the results from this experimentation actually worked really well together which resulted in this EP.

To me, these songs share less of a proper "common theme" and more of a common feeling. That being said, four out of the six songs were written in the wake of a breakup, so if there's a lyrical theme, it could maybe be that. But this is definitely not a "breakup record." A lot of the lyrics are also about similar subjects as on our previous EP. Things like God, doubt, and my childhood. What I like most about this collection of songs is the shared melancholy, longing, introspective vibe.

Happy Omen is the follow up to the band's first EP Dusk of Punk which gained a great amount of praise from Rolling Stone, Noisey, Spin, The FADER, Indie Shuffle and DIY Mag, eventually landing them supporting slots for Grandaddy, Lucy Dacus, the Lemon Twigs and Starcrawler and performaing at FADER Fort during SXSW with NPR naming them one of their "Artists To Watch."

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