Pool Kids’ third album, Easier Said Than Done, shimmers with emotional clarity and courage.
Adrenalizing and irresistible, it brings the dynamism of the band’s live show into the studio,
showcasing a style that’s unmistakably their own.

Pool Kids first started playing on Tallahassee’s house show circuit. The band earned a fan in
Paramore’s Hayley Williams with their debut album, 2018’s Music to Practice Safe Sex To. After
they filled out to a four-piece — Andy Anaya on guitar, Nicolette Alvarez on bass, Caden Clinton
on drums, and Christine Goodwyne on guitar and vocals — their 2022 self-titled record netted
critical acclaim with its lush, high-contrast mixture of pop, emo, and math rock. They’ve shared
stages with The Mountain Goats, PUP, Beach Bunny, and La Dispute. They hold fast to their
DIY principles: Anyone can do what Pool Kids do. Anyone can start a band.

For Easier Said Than Done, Pool Kids worked with producer Mike Vernon Davis (Foxing, Great
Grandpa). They funded the record themselves, and spent five weeks recording in Seattle. To
save money during sessions, they stayed with friends, in motels, and slept on the floor of the
studio. “We did a lot of searching, playing each song a million different ways and deciding which
one sounded the best,” says Goodwyne. With the completed record in hand, the band signed to
Epitaph.

On the thundering “Tinted Windows,” Goodwyne grits her teeth at the way spending months on
tour and missing important milestones can stress close relationships. “Exit Plan” memorializes
the experience of saying goodbye to friends at the end of a string of shows, knowing those
powerful bonds may never feel the same again. On “Bad Bruise,” Goodwyne makes a bid for
understanding: “Pretty please, empathy / Got me on my knees,” she sings while the band closes
ranks around her.

Powerful collectivity rings through Easier Said Than Done — in the dynamic interplay between
Goodwyne and Anaya’s guitars, in Alvarez’s gravitational basslines, in Clinton’s whirling drum
patterns. Pool Kids lock together into a unified force, propelling themselves forward into
hard-won release. Easier Said Than Done impresses one of the most important reminders
anyone can hear: You don’t have to do anything in this world alone.