Good Sad Happy Bad is a band consisting of CJ Calderwood, Marc Pell, Mica Levi and Raisa Khan. Their sophomore album, “All Kinds of Days” (2024, Textile), which follows their 2020 debut, “Shades,” deepens the band’s collaborative approach, relying on instrumental improvisations that each member works on with vocal contributions, creating a dynamic, shared storytelling experience. Throughout the album, the four musicians frequently unite on lush, layered choruses and sinuous guitars that add a communal resonance.

“All Kinds of Days” explores themes of loss, grief, recovery, healing, keeping a home together, and the challenges of parenthood. Listeners are drawn in by eerie guitar lines, spoken word, ghostly horns, and dark electronic textures, layered and disguised into an unconventional “band” sound. Beneath these atmospheric layers lies a rhythmic foundation of drums and nuanced melodies that lend a driving and haunting beauty to the album’s sound.