Say Goodbye to Pretty Boy

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Say Goodbye to Pretty Boy
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EP by
Bartees Strange
ReleasedMarch 13, 2020 (2020-03-13)
Studio
  • Strange Land Studios; Washington, D. C.; United States
  • Black Lodge Recording, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
GenreIndie rock
Length36:31
LanguageEnglish
LabelBrassland
Bartees Strange chronology
Say Goodbye to Pretty Boy
(2020) 		Live Forever
(2020)

Say Goodbye to Pretty Boy is a 2020 EP by Bartees Strange, covering songs by The National. It was reissued as a deluxe edition 2024. The digital version was seven tracks rather than five tracks long and included an extended version of "Looking for Astronauts." The new vinyl edition included a bonus track: "Lemonworld" (Live at Studio 4).

Critical reception[edit]

Emily Fox of Exclaim! rated this EP an eight out of 10, calling it "a beautiful, radical, and poignant political album".[1] The album was released on the digital platform Bandcamp, which promoted the release with a review that characterizes this recording as taking "all of the original ingredients and uses a completely different recipe to create a new, distinct flavor".[2]

Track listing[edit]

  1. "About Today" (Matt Berninger and Aaron Dessner) – 3:48
  2. "Lemonworld" (Matt Berninger and Bryce Dessner) – 3:16
  3. "Mr. November" (Matt Berninger and Aaron Dessner) – 4:13
  4. "The Geese of Beverly Road" (Matt Berninger, Aaron Dessner, and Scott Devendorf) – 3:24
  5. "All the Wine" (Matt Berninger, Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, Bryan Devendorf, and Scott Devendorf) – 2:46
  6. "A Reasonable Man (I Don't Mind)" (Padma Newsome) – 4:54
  7. "Looking for Astronauts" (Matt Berninger, Bryce Dessner, and Scott Devendorf) – 4:09
  8. "Lemonworld" (Live at Studio 4 - vinyl only) (Matt Berninger and Bryce Dessner) 

Personnel[edit]

Musicians

  • Bartees Strange
  • Brian Demeglio
  • Ceilidh Gao
  • Dan Kleederman
  • Brian Turnmire
  • Dillon Treacy
  • Carter Zumtobel

Technical personnel

References[edit]

  1. ^ Fox, Emily (March 11, 2020). "Bartees Strange Say Goodbye to Pretty Boy". Exclaim!. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
  2. ^ Craig, Sean (March 18, 2020). "On "Say Goodbye to Pretty Boy," Bartees Strange Flips the Narrative". Bandcamp. Retrieved November 22, 2022.

External links[edit]

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