I Wish We Could Amend Our Ways

Sunglasses “Stand Fast”

It’s so perfect that a band that would write a song like this would be called Sunglasses. I can’t hear this guy sing without picturing some laid-back, vaguely macho alt-bro in shades. (Not to scare you off or insult him, but imagine the chillwave version of that guy from Smashmouth.) The arrangement is like a venn diagram of groovy coolness — touches of lounge and exotica, some vague hint of hip hop beatmaking, the twinkling hazy keyboard washes of Animal Collective’s Merriweather Post Pavilion. There’s a bit of melancholy and wistfulness to this, but not enough to be particularly moving. You wouldn’t want it to be moving, you know? There’s a suggestion of depth, but it’s mostly just relaxing and fun.

Visit the Sunglasses page at Lefse Records.