The idea that "indie rock" actually defines a specific sound is one that wavers back and forth throughout the years from being somewhat reasonable to entirely ridiculous, and right now in this age of the Internet giving us umpteen different subgenres that have merged to some degree or another with that concept, we’re definitely in the "indie rock is a concept not a sound" end of the pendulum swing. However, there’ve been some times when indie rock meant somethin’ that was fairly specific, and one of those was when the term re-broke onto the mass consciousness in the early 2000s with bands like The White Stripes and The Strokes et al., who took a very pared down classic-rock-based-on-blues-guitar unpretentious sound and made it big. Local act Good Field channels the goddamn hell out of this sound, which ditches a lot of the contemporary contrivances (nice as those can sometimes be) of the indie sound and goes much for something that, now almost 14 years from The Strokes’ seminal This Is It, could almost be called "traditional" indie rock in a way that we mean to be quite positive. It’s all jangles on guitars and Reed/Dylan inherited vocalizing that goes great with jeans and flannels and which appeals to most any ear that isn’t exclusively turned off to summer-day guitar rock. The video here is pretty fun too, and of definite high production value, focusing on a robbery a la Funny Games, but with an interesting little 2015 twist where the girls get the upper hand and the guys just kinda shrug it off. This isn’t music that’s gonna blow minds, but it definitely will please ears and snag some hearts, especially if you have a soft spot for that stuff that’s gettin’ closer to being two decades old every day (Jesus Christ, that’s fucking odd). Watch belowgor some good old fashioned indie rock and roll.
