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May 22, 2025 By Mark Redfern Photography by Mallory Turner

Los Angeles-based four-piece Goon are releasing a new album, Dream 3, on July 11 on Born Loser. Now they have shared its second single, “Patsy’s Twin,” via a music video. Watch it below.

The band’s Kenny Becker had this to say about the song in a press release: “I was excited by the idea of writing a song that felt like it was two or three different songs cut and pasted together with essentially no transitional elements to smooth the edges. Essentially, the same mentality I brought into painting the album cover.

“The first half of the song was born out of the pain of heartbreak and a meditation on just hanging out, outside, with friends.

“Though I live in LA, I grew up in San Diego and am a devoted fan of the San Diego Padres. The mythic and legendary legacy of Tony Gwynn was always something I thought would be fun to reference in a song, and I ended up doing that side-by-side with another beloved Tony, Tony Soprano. The other verse in that section is about my own struggle to write, and in that case, referring to the song itself.

“Our good friend Braden Lawrence played drums on this song but Andy Polito (who drums on most of the record) came up with the name, a reference to the Soprano’s character Patsy, whose twin was killed by Tony.”

Previously the band shared its lead single, “Closer to,” which was one of our Songs of the Week.

As its title suggests, Dream 3 is the band’s third album. Goon began as a solo project for singer and multi-instrumentalist Kenny Becker but has since grown to feature Andy Polito on drums, Dillon Peralta on guitar, and Tamara Simons on bass.

The album was born of heartbreak. “I began this record so excited,” says Becker in a press release. “The songwriting was less scripted, letting me loosen up the reins a little and follow whatever idea seemed most interesting. It started off as a really joyful recording process. Then came the most devastating time of my life.”

Album opener “Begin Here” features the lyric “Let me cry to Tamara,” in reference to the band’s bassist. “The song started as a little reversed guitar progression that I had kicking around for a while,” explains Becker. “I showed it to our bass player, Tamara, who had a strong reaction to it and insisted we flesh it out. When I sing, ‘Let me cry to Tamara’ at the end, that’s because it’s what I was doing all the time we were recording it. To me, that song has this sunny, upbeat melody, but it’s coming from a place of total despair. I like that tension.”

Goon Tour Dates:

Supporting Preoccupations:

06/07/25 Seattle, WA @Madame Lou’s
06/08/25 Portland, OR @Polaris Hall
06/10/25 San Francisco, CA @Rickshaw Stop
06/12/25 Los Angeles, CA @Lodge Room
06/13/25 San Diego, CA @Casbah
06/14/25 Pioneertown, CA @Pappy + Harriet’s
06/17/25 Austin, TX @Parish
06/18/25 Denton, TX @Rubber Gloves
06/20/25 Nashville, TN @The Blue Room-Third Man Records
06/21/25 Atlanta, GA @The Masquerade(Purgatory)
06/22/25 Raleigh, NC @Kings
06/24/25 Washington, DC @Songbyrd Record Cafe
06/25/25 Philadelphia, PA @Johnny Brenda’s
06/27/25 New York, NY @Bowery Ballroom
06/29/25 Cambridge, MA @Middle East Upstairs

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