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\n T<\/span>he phrase \u2018opposites attract\u2019 comes to mind when thinking of Good Dear Good, one of the city\u2019s premier indie pop-rock bands.<\/p>\n \n Their music twists listeners\u2019 expectations, pairing positive, upbeat tunes and honey-sweet harmonies with gloom and doom lyrics. Typically, you would expect songs with lyrics about settling for love despite unideal conditions<\/a> to be a little on the sadder side, but Good Dear Good would rather dance through the pain. Their upcoming EP, Sook, will continue this trend in earnest.<\/p>\n \n Good Dear Good\u2019s frontman, Tim Hatcher, formed the band with his partner Brandon MacDonald, after dropping out of university and moving from Cape Breton to Dartmouth. With their classmates from the NSCC\u2019s Music Arts program, Hatcher and MacDonald would form the band in 2018 and release their debut EP Arrival in 2023. In addition to Hatcher and MacDonald, the band also consists of Maisie Gilbert, Heather Durning, and Coonor Booth.\n<\/p>\n \n With their second project fast approaching, The Coast spoke to Hatcher about the singles they\u2019ve released so far, the production of Sook and why Hatcher links positivity and negativity in his music.<\/p>\n \n \u201cWe started in the studio in November 2024,\u201d says Hatcher. \u201cThe songs themselves have kind of spanned over five years. The oldest one is, like, five years old.\u201d<\/p>\n