Good homeless and the spectre of riots

and the spectre of riots in the near past

delivering a raw and intense listening experience that reflects the pressure and chaos beneath the surface

they tackle an old Dylan nugget ("Knockin' on Heaven's Door")

hope and redemption

The shifts in genre and in instrumentation are stark

Good homeless and the spectre of riotsThe Stevens don't change their sound much on Good, their second album. The Melbourne quartet still come off like a holy blend of Guided by Voices melodic invention, Pavement slack, and Flying Nun scrap and that's fine. Their first album, A History of Hygiene, was like a hits collection with one sprightly, scruffy gem after another. Good is the same. Guitarist vocalists Travis MacDonald and Alex MacFarlane wrote another batch of hooky, fun, and jumpy