BS

"BS" opens with the kind of wiry, trebly guitar that feels like it was improvised and then kept because the spontaneity was too good to replace. Still Woozy builds the track around a loping, almost funky groove that has a playfulness to it — this is the most rhythmically alive thing in their catalog, hips moving before the brain catches up. Gamsky's voice here is more confident, sharper-edged, delivered with a winking self-awareness rather than the earnest vulnerability of his slower work. The song is about calling out the performance people put on in relationships — the gap between what someone says and what they actually mean — but it does it without bitterness, more with a raised eyebrow and a half-smile. The production sparkles in the high end, with guitar licks that dart in and out of the mix like an inside joke. This is Still Woozy at their most groove-oriented, sitting somewhere between indie pop and the lo-fi funk that artists like Homeshake or Mild High Club were developing around the same era. You'd queue this up at a small house party, the kind where everyone already knows each other and there's no pressure to impress anyone, when the energy needs to lift without tipping into anything too loud.