Photo by Karalyn Hope

Florida has a lot of issues, but impossibly good emo rock isn’t one of them. Tallahassee’s Pool Kids are the real deal, with their eponymous sophomore effort on the way via Skeletal Lightning, an underrated label who has recently put out standouts by Maneka and Rainer Maria’s Caithlin de Marrais. “Arm’s Length” is its latest preview, a full-throttle diary entry shouted out loud where vocalist and guitarist Christine Goodwyne puts on a fireworks display in exorcising her intimacy issues – and a comforting irony at that considering she has us assessing our own right there with her. Bassist Nicolette Alvarez, guitarist Andy Anaya, and drummer Caden Clinton help her calculate the risk-taking measures over a sound that’s got the huge feelings of a Jimmy Eat World or Paramore track, but does the math of it all harder.

Directed by: Dan Watt

Pool Kids’ Pool Kids will be released July 22nd on Skeletal Lightning.