If My Goodness singer-guitarist Joel Schneider had anything reconfirmed by the Seattle Seahawks’ NFC championship game a couple of weeks back, it’s that those who hang in there are sometimes rewarded.

Talk quickly turns to football when the easygoing frontman picks up the phone in the Emerald City, no surprise considering his hometown team is Super Bowl–bound. Coming up immediately is what happened to thousands of fans during the Seahawks’ game against the Green Bay Packers on January 18.

In case you need a refresher, the Seahawks looked dead and almost buried as the fourth quarter wound down, leading fans to stream out of Seattle’s CenturyLink Field. Big mistake. Seattle, against impossible odds, promptly mounted one of the greatest late comebacks in the history of the NFL. But those who bailed early never saw it; thousands of defectors attempted to re-enter the stadium only to discover there were no in-and-out privileges.

“I don’t know how you’re going to pay that much for a football game and then leave,” Schneider marvels.

He’s more the kind of guy who toughs things out in the face of adversity, which explains why he’s happy about where he finds himself with My Goodness today. A year or so ago, the singer was at the end of a rough patch, having parted ways with the band’s cofounder and original drummer, Ethan Jacobsen. That My Goodness was only a duo at the time made that a bigger drama than usual.

Today, Schneider has not only settled into a groove with his new timekeeper—tireless powerhouse Andy Lum—but also picked up a bassist in former Blood Brother Cody Votolato. He’s also getting recognition across the country for last year’s Shiver + Shake, a record built on a foundation of grunge-dipped blues rawk, with highlights including the explosive “Back Again” and the Zep-strength stomper “Check Your Bones”.

Since its release, the full-length has led to showcase slots on Spin.com (the epic generations-spanning video for “Bottle/Say You’re Gone”), an artist-to-watch-in-2015 nod from Amazon.com, and, most importantly, radio airplay across the country.

“There was turmoil with the previous drummer, but that’s been squashed now,” Schneider says. “And I couldn’t be happier with the two guys I’m playing with. It’s definitely been a slow process, but it’s finally building. Stations across the country have started to pick up on our music, so we’re doing all these one-off shows now—we’re just about to fly to Rochester, New York, to do one.”

The attention has been unexpected.

“When Andy joined, there was no question that we were going to put out a record,” Schneider says. “The question was who was going to put it out, and what kind of traction that it would get—how many people were going to hear it. I would have been happy for it to have been a local release just to get it out there. That it’s got recognition on a national level is pretty cool, even if it feels like all this is in its infancy right now.”

Rather than reflect on victories of the past year, the singer-guitarist is thinking about the future. Having Votolato onboard as a full-time member has changed the sound of My Goodness for the better, he suggests, and the band is no longer lumped into the blues-rawk ghetto with dozens of other two-pieces.

“Becoming a three-piece instead of doing the duo thing has made a huge difference, especially with the songwriting,” Schneider says. “Our next record is going to be a huge step forward. Having a bass player is allowing me to do a lot more, especially vocally, because I can be more minimal on guitar.”

Plans for 2015 include getting back into the studio as soon as possible. And, of course, watching this Sunday’s Super Bowl—right to the end, no matter what the score is at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

My Goodness plays the Biltmore Cabaret on Monday (February 2).