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- Summary: The latest full-length release from singer-songwriter S.G. Goodman features guest appearances by Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Clyde Charles, Mary Overbey, Matthew Rowan, and Myrtle Turner.
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- Record Label: Slough Water Records
- Genre(s): Americana, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Aug 5, 2025Mesmerizing. .... Like all of the best folk music, these songs plumb emotional depths. However, as we know from the title of S.G. Goodman’s last album, they also have teeth and they’re not afraid to stick a beating on the world—or the audience—they live off, suffer from, and love.
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UncutJun 18, 2025Every bit as special as promised. [Jul 2025, p.29]
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Jun 20, 2025Because Planting By the Signs is so rooted in Goodman’s contemporary life and times, while simultaneously speaking to the atmosphere she grew up in, the record reveals the most of her heart yet.
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Jun 24, 2025Like the best artists from the South, Goodman renounces perfect symmetry and leans instead toward the crooked and out-of-focus. These are qualities embodied by the characters who populate her songs.
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MojoJun 18, 2025Has a[n] unhurried Southern swing that pulls like an undertow against the emotional freight of confessional songs like Solitaire and Nature's Child. [Aug 2025, p.82]
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Record CollectorJun 18, 2025The result is her finest work yet. [Jul 2025, p.103]
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Jun 18, 2025As captivating and hypnotic as it is, the album may have been even stronger if it had ended with the title track, but Goodman loves the long narrative, a gifted bonus. All told, the album is unforgettable on so many dimensions.