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