Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapor - Good Goddamn (2021)

Good Goddamn is a jubilant, thematic release by SOYSV. The album’s first two tracks are especially emblematic and representative of the album’s motif. The band’s previous album, Lavender Blood, was influenced by a harrowing flight on their way back from their first European tour, in which the band “almost died” as recounted on their website. Some of Good Goddamn‘s tracks – specifically “It’s Good To Be Alive” – are similarly influenced by the pandemic, and perhaps by their near-death experience as well. As reflected in the album’s press release, “(t)he uncertainty of this time seeps into every track, setting up an emotional roller coaster that can be introspective and sublime at times, and anxious and psychotic at others.”

Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapor is an ambitious band still striving to reach its full potential. The trio’s artistic skills are evident in their music as well. Good Goddamn‘s frenzied compositions express a relatable yin and yang of sanguine elation contradicted by sullen frustration. That contrast is well illustrated by the “good” versus “goddamn” in the album’s title. Overall, a solid release.