New It Happens: “Going Outside”

First off, apologies to It Happens, as I will take one paragraph to vent a little, distracting from this perfectly serviceable indie-pop song.

It has only been one month into 2014, but already I’m wondering what has gone wrong with this year. I have gotten extremely cynical about music of all types, and even moreso burned out by the discussions around music. January might have just been kind of a shitty month – it was! – but I’m finding it tough to generate any real excitement over new songs or artists. This will surely change – just wait until the first great album I hear after this slump, that one will probably get overrate quite a bit! – but for now I sort of just want to zone out completely.

This listening slump hurts tracks like “Going Outside” the most, the sort of number I would have heard two years ago and been bouncy about. Even then, it wouldn’t be the sort of song that would burrow into my head and change everything. Rather, it’s a nice jolt for now, a mid-tempo twee skipper that’s part catchy and party mumbly (those vocals). It’s perfectly fine, and the sort of song that won’t change your world but worth it for at least two minutes and 18 seconds. Listen below.