Steve Lacy is again with a brand new tune, “Good Sneakers,” his first new music providing since releasing his breakout 2022 LP Gemini Rights.
“If I had a greenback for the chums I might fuck/ I might purchase a pair of very nice sneakers,” Lacy sings in the beginning of “Good Sneakers” over a skittering beat, later bemoaning his loneliness, psychological anguish, and pressing needs. Although Lacy claims that every one he wants is his “guitar and serotonin,” his ordinary expressive guitar work is far tougher to search out on “Good Sneakers;” That’s, till the final minute of the tune, the place Lacy slows the beat down and provides a muted electrical guitar and light-weight vocal harmonies. He then returns to the tune’s anxious, synth-heavy groove for a ultimate chorus. Stream “Good Sneakers” beneath.
“Good Sneakers” was written and produced solely by Lacy, who has spent the final couple years retreating after the success of Gemini Rights and its chart-topping lead single, “Dangerous Behavior.” “Lowkey.. i aint dropping one other album until yall go respect this one like yall wanted to,” Lacy wrote on Instagram in Might referencing Gemini Rights. “Go respect this some extra then perhaps simply perhaps we will discuss my subsequent one.” Now, “Good Sneakers” will function the primary single off Lacy’s forthcoming third album, Oh Yeah?, which has but to obtain a launch date.
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Whereas he hasn’t shared new music since 2022, Lacy did be part of the inaugural Re:SET concert series as one in all its headliners again in 2023. We additionally named “Dangerous Behavior” one of the best songs of 2022.
