Raised By The Music

There’s always going to be a special feeling reserved for the first time you hear a great piece of music. There is a sense of discovery that first time that mixes with wonder and joy. Often that can fade as you listen to the music again, or it can grow into a profound sense of connection. The first time I heard a song by Bloomington, Indiana’s Good Luck I was at the Louisville, Kentucky venue Skull Alley. I was loading in for a show that night and Jamie, the guy who runs the venue, was piping in their incredible tunes over the house system. When I first heard Matt Tobey sing, I knew for sure that it must have been the new Mountain Goats record, but somehow it extremely better than what I was expecting from Darnielle and Co.

One of my friends in another Indiana band, Away with Vega, who was playing that night quickly told me that I was mistaken. He said it was the new project from Matty Pop Chart’s Matt Tobey and it was called Good Luck. Consider me hooked.

Good Luck has had rocket-fast growth in that Indiana soil, and with a ton of touring, an EP, and a full-length later, they have a pretty serious fanbase around the country. They didn’t even start playing together until last year and have exploded into one of the most popular indie bands in the Midwest. They have appeared on The Pink Couch Series from ifyoumakeit.com and are the new favorite band of everyone I talk to it seems these days. This is no surprise considering their well-crafted songs that seem to have everything you could ever want in a song: unbelievably creative and melodic guitar riffs, harmonies, endless energy, and some of the best lyrics I’ve heard in a long time. With such strong songs like “Public Radio”, “The Stars Were Exploding” and “Pajammin”, I would be greatly surprised if Good Luck was not a household name for any indie kid within the next year or so.

You can check them out at their MySpace and check out all of their upcoming tourdates with Paul Baribeau all over the US.