James Goodson, a Richmond-based rock ‘n’ roll advocate and, full disclosure, an occasional show buddy of mine, is also the solo engine behind Dazy — a project that has produced a torrent of standout tracks since Goodson began anonymously releasing Bandcamp tunes during the COVID summer of 2020. In 2021, a year before he earned a Stereogum Artist To Watch nod, Goodson dropped MAXIMUMBLASTSUPERLOUD: The First 24 Songs, a compilation documenting Dazy’s debut year. Today, he unveils plans to follow it with MAXIMUMBLASTSUPERLOUD Vol. 2: 24 Songs From 2023-2026, another collection that includes a number of tracks we haven’t heard yet.
To date, Dazy has issued exactly one proper album, 2022’s OUTOFBODY. Since then, he has kept the pipeline flowing with new material, typically releasing one or two tracks at a time. (The latest pair, “BIG Problem” and “Gravity,” surfaced in May.) Along the way, Dazy has collaborated with artists such as Militarie Gun and Bodysync, and his own songs have embraced more psychedelic trip-hop textures without losing the fuzzed-out ’90s alt-pop immediacy that defined his early work.
Seven of the tracks on MAXIMUMBLASTSUPERLOUD Vol. 2 are brand-new, including “Beat Change,” the single issued today. It’s a colossal, swirling rocker that, at five and a half minutes, may be the longest and most ambitious piece he’s produced yet. I’m really into this song, which opens loud and trippy and only intensifies in volume and headspace as it unfolds. Goodson delivers some genuinely poignant lyrics about aging and the way life’s transience makes that fear feel even sharper. Below, you’ll find “Beat Change,” the MAXIMUMBLASTSUPERLOUD Vol. 2 tracklist, and the date for Dazy’s upcoming tour with Militarie Gun, Softcult, and Shady Nasty.
TRACKLIST:
01 “Beat Change”
02 “Something Goes”
03 “Ugly”
04 “Bad Actors”
05 “Hit The Wall”
06 “Ricochet”
07 “Unreasonable Person”
08 “BIG Problem”
09 “Gravity”
10 “Straight 2 You”
11 “Bull Around The Porcelain”
12 “Delusions of…”
13 “I Don’t Wanna Think About The Money”
14 “Half Truth”
15 “Silly Me”
16 “Bad Penny”
17 “Pay No Mind (To The Signs)”
18 “Get Out My Mind”
19 “I Get Lost”
20 “The Crush”
21 “Big End”
22 “Weigh Down On Me”
23 “It’s Only A Secret”
24 “Forced Perspective”
TOUR DATES:
09/06 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Beer City Music Hall *
09/08 – Dallas, TX @ AM/FM *
09/09 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk *
09/10 – Baton Rouge, LA @ Chelsea’s Live *
09/12 – Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum *
09/13 – Miami, FL @ Churchills *
09/14 – Orlando, FL @ Conduit *
09/16 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade *
09/17 – Nashville, TN @ Eastside *
09/18 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle *
09/19 – Charlottesville, VA @ The Southern *
09/20 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat *
09/22 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts *
09/27 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club *
09/29 – Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop *
09/30 – Detroit, MI @ The Loving Touch *
10/01 – Chicago, IL @ Metro *}
10/02 – Iowa City, IA @ Gabes *
10/03 – Milwaukee, WI @ Vivarium *
10/04 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line *
10/06 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater *
10/07 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro *
10/09 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos *
10/10 – Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre *
10/11 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne *
10/13 – San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel *
10/14 – Fresno, CA @ Strummer’s *
10/15 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent Theater *
* with Militarie Gun, Softcult, & Shady Nasty
MAXIMUMBLASTSUPERLOUD Vol. 2: 24 Songs From 2023-2026 is out 10/31 on Lame-O Records. Pre-order it here.
