Steve Lacy is again with a brand new track, “Good Footwear,” his first new music providing since releasing his breakout 2022 LP Gemini Rights.
“If I had a greenback for the buddies I’d fuck/ I might purchase a pair of very nice footwear,” Lacy sings at the beginning of “Good Footwear” 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 common expressive guitar work is way tougher to search out on “Good Footwear;” That’s, till the final minute of the track, the place Lacy slows the beat down and provides a muted electrical guitar and lightweight vocal harmonies. He then returns to the track’s anxious, synth-heavy groove for a remaining chorus. Stream “Good Footwear” under.
“Good Footwear” 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 recognize this one like yall wanted to,” Lacy wrote on Instagram in Could referencing Gemini Rights. “Go recognize this some extra then perhaps simply perhaps we will discuss my subsequent one.” Now, “Good Footwear” 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 a part of the inaugural Re:SET concert series as considered one of its headliners again in 2023. We additionally named “Dangerous Behavior” one of the best songs of 2022.
