Good Living Is Coming for You

Good Living Is Coming for You
A series of printing tests in black, cyan, magenta, and yellow
Studio album by
Sweeping Promises
ReleasedJune 30, 2023 (2023-06-30)
Genre
Length30:19
LanguageEnglish
LabelFeel It, Sub Pop
Sweeping Promises chronology
Hunger for a Way Out
(2020) 		Good Living Is Coming for You
(2023)

It's a slightly more complexified recording, but we still want to be cave people. We're talking a very minimal monophonic sort of setup. We still try to move as fast as sin.

—Caufield Schnug on recording Good Living Is Coming for You[2]

Good Living Is Coming for You is the second full-length album by American indie rock band Sweeping Promises, release by Feel It Records and Sub Pop on June 30, 2023. The album was supported by a world tour.[3]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Exclaim!7⁄10[5]
Loud and Quiet7⁄10[6]
Paste8.2⁄10[7]
Pitchfork7.8⁄10[8]

Editors at AllMusic rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, with critic Heather Phares writing that compared to their debut album, "Hunger for a Way Out was such a strikingly rough diamond that Good Living Is Coming for You couldn't have the same element of surprise, but the refinements Sweeping Promises have made only reinforce how consistent and distinctive their music is—and how much more it has to offer".[4] Editors at Bandcamp shortlisted this album as some of the best punk music of July 2023, calling it a "modern classic" for "their lo-fi, gritty production and their ability to use minimal instrumentation to create full-bodied, melodic songs" and vocalist "Lira Mondal using her voice as a versatile instrument".[9] Bill Pearis of BrooklynVegan named this the indie album of the week for "compressing decades of post-punk, punk, riot girl, alt-rock, etc into punchy pop diamonds".[1] In Exclaim!, Kate Shepherd rated this album a 7 out of 10, calling this release "no less dynamic than its predecessor" and summing up that this "is a vibrant, captivating record that feels like both a wake-up call and a persuasive invitation to resist a culture of consumption and commodification—of space, time, and even ourselves".[5] Theo Gorst of Loud and Quiet also scored this release a 7 out of 10, calling the music fun and comparing it favorably to post-punk revival acts;[6] a feature by Nadia Younes for the site also referred to it as the "best DIY punk you'll hear this year".[10] Editors at Paste declared this Album of the Week and reviewer Taylor Ruckle gave it an 8.2 out of 10, writing that the band's social commentary has improved and calls the album "clever and absurd".[7] Writing for Pitchfork, Phillipe Roberts gave this album a 7.8 out of 10, praising the lyrics by Lira Mondal and continuing, "Matching this glorious lack of subtlety blow for blow, the mangled, lo-fi instrumentation prizes melody over texture, piling hooks on top of hooks".[8] The site also ran a feature on the band shortly after this album's release, with Grant Sharples calling it "exhilirating".[11]

Good Living Is Coming for You in best-of lists
Outlet Listing Rank
AllMusic[12] Favorite Alternative & Indie Albums —
BBC Radio 6 Music[13] Albums of the Year —
BrooklynVegan[14] BrooklynVegan's Top 55 Albums of 2023 —
BrooklynVegan[15] Indie Basement: Top 40 Albums of 2023 —
Exclaim![16] Exclaim!'s 50 Best Albums of 2023 49
NPR Music[17] The 50 Best Albums of 2023 —
Paste[18] The 50 Best Albums of 2023 34
Pitchfork[19] The 50 Best Albums of 2023 49
Pitchfork[20] The 37 Best Rock Albums of 2023 —
Rolling Stone[21] The 40 Best Indie-Rock Albums of 2023 —

Track listing

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All songs written by Lira Mondal and Caufield Schnug

  1. "Eraser" – 2:44
  2. "Shadow Me" – 2:29
  3. "Good Living Is Coming for You" – 3:37
  4. "Connoisseur of Salt" – 3:46
  5. "Walk in Place" – 2:37
  6. "You Shatter" – 3:16
  7. "Petit Four" – 3:05
  8. "Can't Hide It" – 3:15
  9. "Throw of the Dice" – 3:01
  10. "Ideal No" – 2:28

Personnel

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Sweeping Promises

  • Lira Mondal – instrumentation, vocals, recording, mastering
  • Caufield Schnug – instrumentation, recording, mastering

Additional personnel

  • Will Henriksen – violin on "Connoisseur of Salt"
  • D. H. Strother – artwork

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Pearis, Bill (June 30, 2023). "Indie Basement (6/30): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
  2. ^ Gordon, Arielle (July 20, 2023). "On going all in". Conversation. The Creative Independent. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  3. ^ Gregory, Allie (July 27, 2023). "Sweeping Promises Plot 2023 World Tour". News. Exclaim!. ISSN 1207-6600. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  4. ^ a b Phares, Heather (n.d.). "Sweeping Promises – Good Living Is Coming for You". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
  5. ^ a b Shepherd, Kate (June 29, 2023). "Sweeping Promises Dread the Easy Life on 'Good Living Is Coming for You'". Reviews. Exclaim!. ISSN 1207-6600. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
  6. ^ a b Gorst, Theo (June 28, 2023). "Sweeping Promises – Good Living Is Coming For You". Loud and Quiet. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
  7. ^ a b Ruckle, Taylor (June 29, 2023). "Album of the Week | Sweeping Promises: Good Living Is Coming For You". Music > Reviews > Sweeping Promises. Paste. ISSN 1540-3106. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
  8. ^ a b Roberts, Phillipe (July 7, 2023). "Sweeping Promises: Good Living Is Coming for You Album Review". Albums. Pitchfork. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  9. ^ Cardoza, Kerry (August 11, 2023). "The Best Punk on Bandcamp: July 2023". Bandcamp. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
  10. ^ Younes, Nadia (July 31, 2023). "Kansas duo Sweeping Promises: "Luxury spaces have been a trick that's been played on our generation"". Loud and Quiet. No. 160. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
  11. ^ Sharples, Grant (July 20, 2023). "Sweeping Promises Make a Punk Home in the Heartland". Rising. Pitchfork. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  12. ^ "Favorite Alternative & Indie Albums". AllMusic. RhythmOne. n.d. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
  13. ^ "BBC Radio 6 Music announces its Albums of the Year". BBC Radio 6 Music. November 27, 2023. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  14. ^ "BrooklynVegan's Top 55 Albums of 2023". BrooklynVegan. December 18, 2023. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  15. ^ Pearis, Bill (December 21, 2023). "Indie Basement: Top 40 Albums of 2023". Indie Basement. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
  16. ^ "Exclaim!'s 50 Best Albums of 2023". Features. Exclaim!. November 30, 2023. ISSN 1207-6600. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  17. ^ "The 50 Best Albums of 2023". NPR Music. NPR. December 5, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
  18. ^ "The 50 Best Albums of 2023". Music > Features > Best Albums. Paste. November 27, 2023. ISSN 1540-3106. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  19. ^ "The 50 Best Albums of 2023". Lists & Guides. Pitchfork. December 5, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
  20. ^ "The 37 Best Rock Albums of 2023". Lists & Guides. Pitchfork. December 6, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
  21. ^ "The 40 Best Indie-Rock Albums of 2023". Music > Music Lists. Rolling Stone. December 21, 2023. ISSN 0035-791X. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
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