Good Looks

Texas roots rockers Good Looks are a band who uphold the Lone Star State's history of strong, thoughtful songwriting while marrying it to a sound that's informed by both indie rock and alt-country. The group's music is sturdy and unpretentious, while making the most of echoey, muscular guitars that evoke late nights, the constraints of small-town life, and the lives of people struggling to find the source of their dissatisfaction. The band's songs also reveal a political consciousness that embraces populism without authoritarianism. Good Looks showed off the template of their sound on their fine 2022 debut album, Bummer Year, while they offered a harder, edgier attack on 2024's Lived Here for a While.