Gyasi “Here Comes the Good Part” released yesterday, February 11th, 2025. Limited edition bubble gum & lemon colored vinyl (Alive Records), along with autographed record sleeve and poster. We first discovered Gyasi a couple of years ago up in Appleton at Mile of Music and were blown away by their performance. Outrageously glam in appearance, dead-serious about rock-n-roll.

Gyasi at Mile of Music, 2022

Here Comes the Good Part is Gyasi’s second LP – it’s my first listen (just came in the mail) and I love it! There’s a ton of 70’s T. Rex glam (“Baby Blue” especially) and Bowie (“Grand Finale“), but also a lot of other influences. My picks: The opener “Sweet Thing” – 60’s jangly psych-rock vibes. “Lightning” is straight-up fantastic rock: notes of Tom Petty plus some buzzy Jack White-style guitar: SO good. “Snake City” has its roots in stomping blues (with harmonica!). “Street Life” is Zeppelin-esque and a dead-ringer for both Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, same with another hot rocker “Cheap High.” The riffs on those plus “Star” are killer. While not my favorite, there’s even some bossanova notes (and saxophone!) on “23.”  I’ll have this album on repeat for awhile and fingers crossed he tours soon and plays a show we can get to.