Some songs announce themselves with a guitar line that feels like it has already been living in your head. Good Trouble, the newest single from New York indie rock duo Brother Dynamite, does exactly that. It is soulful rock with an emotive vocal, sinewy guitars, and a rock chorus built to stick around long after the track ends. In a year when hook-first power pop is quietly owning playlists again, this one arrives ready for the road.
Brother Dynamite is Shawn Moynihan and Alan Miller. The New York City-based duo have been playing music and writing songs together since high school, which is the kind of timeline you can hear in a track like this. There is no scramble to invent a sound. The guitars lean into each other, the vocal sits right on the melody, and the chorus lands like something they have been workshopping since the first rehearsal. Their own description of Good Trouble is simple and accurate: a soulful rock song with an emotive vocal, sinewy guitars, and a catchy rock chorus. That is the whole brief, and the song delivers it without padding.
The wider catalog explains why the single feels so finished. Their full-length album If We Dare, released in 2022, features 12 original songs, with bassist Danny Weinkauf of They Might Be Giants appearing on two tracks and artwork by Hugh Syme, the designer behind covers for RUSH, Dream Theater, Joe Bonamassa, and Bon Jovi. A remastered version of their original holiday song, It’s Christmas Time, Alright!, came out in December 2024. The singles that followed have kept the same through-line. What Are You Waiting For? arrived in 2024 as a rousing summer track. The Girl’s In Love was called polished power pop perfection by New York City’s Maker Park Radio and reached listeners in 101 countries. 2025 brought Radio Silence, Shine, and Get Up. In 2026 they have already put out the power pop earworm Violet and Your Time Will Come, an unapologetic anthem built for a highly charged moment, plus Better, an uplifting horn-infused song of positivity with trumpet and trombone from multi-instrumentalist Jesse Blum, whose credits include Twenty One Pilots, Nas, and The Jazztronauts.
Good Trouble sits comfortably next to that run. The sinewy guitar work keeps the rock side honest, while the soul tint in the vocal and the immediate hook pull it toward the indie pop rock lane they have been refining since the album. It is the kind of new indie rock single that works in a car, in a small room, and on a New York or New Jersey stage. They still play live in the NYC and New Jersey area, which is the right setting for a chorus this direct. Power pop is having another moment in 2026, with bands leaning back into melody instead of mood alone. Brother Dynamite were already there. Singles like Violet and The Girl’s In Love made the case, and Good Trouble extends it with a slightly more soulful rock edge.
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What do you think of Brother Dynamite’s sound? Does Good Trouble land closer to classic power pop or soulful indie rock for you? Let me know in the comments.
