Good Looks (performance & record signing)

Good Looks debuted firmly within the country-rock canon on 2022’s Bummer Year, an earnest display of Tyler Jordan’s twangy, candid lyrics and Jake Ames’ bright electric guitar flourishes. Out this week on Keeled Scales, follow-up Lived Here for a While expands on the group’s down-home Americana with heightened energy. “If It’s Gone” connects the LP to its predecessor as Jordan wishes an ex “true love, and money, many orgasms, and fame,” while the rollicking “Can You See Me Tonight?” lays bare his desire for connection with Phil Dunne’s tireless drum fills and a scratchy Ames solo. – Carys Anderson