These days, we’re all looking forward to summer and needing a little sunshine in our lives. Lucky for us, then, the Sunshine Boys are releasing “Summertime Kids” tomorrow. The Sunshine Boys are Dag Juhlin (Poi Dog Pondering, Slugs), Freda Love Smith (Blake Babies, Mysteries Of Life) and Jacqueline Schimmel (Big Hello, Justin Roberts), and “Summertime Kids” is the second single off the Chicago trio’s sophomore album, Work And Love (Room F/Pravda), out May 1.
“Summertime Kids” is a timeless indie-pop confection, instantly catchy, melodic and infectious. But listen closer to the lyrics, and you’ll realize that Juhlin isn’t singing about beach boys and girls having fun on school break.
“While this song wheels around the perimeter of the circle of life, it joins the action as we wonder, ‘Have we fallen short in our efforts to prepare our fast-growing kids for The Big Bad World?'” says Juhlin. “Regardless, they’re headed out into it, and so ‘Summertime Kids’ admits, ‘We did what we did, knowing they could never stay.’ Amidst all the inherent worry of parenthood is the realization that ‘there are so many things that we will never understand.’ As I get older, I empathize with my parents and the choices they made, the unresolved issues they lived with, the ‘unfinished paintings’ they left behind. The kids are ultimately on the same path that we’ve been on, facing the same challenges we inherited from generations before, all of us doing our heartfelt and imperfect best.”
If intelligent pop is your thing, “Summertime Kids” is a must hear. Fortunately for you, we have it a day early for your listening pleasure. We’re proud to premiere “Summertime Kids” today on magnetmagazine.com. Check it out now.
