“I don’t want to get all nice dressed
Just want you to be soft like you said
Thought you were supposed to be a better guy than the last ones”
Bashful in its beauty, holy friend is the second full-length album by Oakland duo dog eyes (Davis Leach and Haily Firstman). The lyrics quoted above come from “firsts,” carried along by a sort of indietronic mumblecore, like what you’d get if The Postal Service’s Ben Gibbard stopped enunciating every word so perfectly clearly. Dedicated to friendship, the whole album is reminiscent of those emotional early 2000s heartstrings, breathing soul into sad synthesizers and strumming little side-of-the-road, passenger seat truths. It’s gorgeous as heck and mercifully won’t make you wanna cry, but it’ll make you think of the times when you did. Out now on NYC/Richmond-based indie label Grand Jury Music.
