GOOD WTHR - "The B Side"

GOOD WTHR's debut LP, "Somewhere Shining," dropped at the very end of 2017. It was ambitious and it was heavy, and it was very good. This is an album that was created the old fashioned way: by spending a year in the studio creating as many good songs as possible, then honing down the tracklist until it became a cohesive artifact all it's own. A record.


So The B Side is basically Thanksgiving leftovers -- which is to say, tasty & good. Bookended by two strong features from former Loyalists DJ, Touchphonics, this is a crushing old-school boom bap EP.

Yet, in classic Billy Mays infomercial style, THAT'S NOT ALL. There's also a new single:


No clue who Joe Monteverde is (although that sure reads like an 802 alias) but he's crafted an upbeat piano thumper that aligns perfectly with the sound GOOD WTHR has been pursuing / perfecting so far. No telling how much longer this blizzard of new material will continue, and no word on upcoming shows yet, either. Safe to bet we'll be hearing a lot more from these cats in the near future, though.

GOOD WTHR is Coming

For a long time now, Pro (The Aztext) and Kin (UnKommon) have been quietly putting in work on a new project, GOOD WTHR. There's a ton of studio experience between those two, and they've been polishing carefully in the lab with Nastee.

Based on what I've heard of their upcoming debut LP, Somewhere Shining, it's going to be big, ambitious and melodic boom bap. It's also a heavy, personal album dedicated to the legacy of Ryan Morin, aka DJ BP. They address themes like fatherhood, our fracturing society, and of course, coming to terms with loss. There are some outstanding guest spots and hooks, too.

We're almost exactly a month out: Somewhere Shining will drop on December 3rd. Expect to see a lot more noise on the way.