Say Goodbye to Pretty Boy

Say Goodbye to Pretty Boy is a 2020 EP by Bartees Strange, covering songs by The National.

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
LabelBrasslands
Bartees Strange chronology
Say Goodbye to Pretty Boy
(2020)		 Live Forever
(2020)

Critical reception

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
  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) – 2:30
  8. "Going Going" – 4:18
  9. "HAGS" – 3:32

Bandcamp-exclusive bonus track

  1. "Far" – 3:50

Personnel

Musicians

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

Technical personnel

  • Chris Connors – mastering and mixing
  • Brian Dimeglio – engineering
  • Spencer Murphy – production and engineering
  • Graham Richman – production and engineering
  • Bartees Strange – engineering
  • Carter Zumtobel – engineering

References
  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.
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