If It's Too Loud...

Kentucky's S.G. Goodman has released a cover of Butthole Surfers' 1996 megahit "Pepper," and it's everything you expect it to be. Goodman keeps the song instantly recognizable yet completely her own with her cover. You'll most likely recognize the song from the guitar into, but the spoken word vocals will solidify it. It's a countrified version of the song with foreboding guitar throughout. The cover is every bit as weird as the original, possibly even more so since it's a bizarre freak country jam. If you're on the fence as the song starts, you'll be won over by the twanged out jam at the end. We're huge fans of Goodman's here at If It's Too Loud..., and her take on "Pepper" proves we're right. S.G. Goodman says of her cover of "Pepper": “‘Being I was a young child when I first heard Pepper, I am certain that I loved the excuse to request a band where I could say 'Butthole' without consequence. To be...

Photo by Ryan Hartley S.G. Goodman's upcoming album is predominantly about grief and reconciliation. Of all the singles we've heard from Planting by the Signs  so far, "Michael Told Me" might be the song that fits the theme the best. Goodman and her longtime collaborator Matt Rowan had a falling out due to how difficult touring can be. The two friends went two years without talking. Then, while Goodman was on tour, she discovered her father figure and mentor had died in a freak accident. That led to her reconciliation with Rowan, which led to the creation of her upcoming album. "Michael Told Me" is dripping with pain and heartache. The song fits more into the alt-rock side of Goodman's music, and it's painfully haunting. The raw emotion in "Michael Told Me" reminds me of classics from Tori Amos and Jeff Buckley. The song is one of the most beautiful I've heard in a while, but there is a herculean amount of pain behind that beauty. This ...

Photo by Ryan Hartley The latest single from S.G. Goodman continues her upcoming album's foray into the indie rock side of her sound while keeping Americana roots intact. "Snapping Turtle" is a slow burn song that contains a heavy amount of tension throughout. It's sparse yet lush, and while the term "haunting" gets thrown around a lot when it comes to music, "Snapping Turtle" truly is. There's a quiet feedback or noise lingering below the surface of the song that you'll barely notice at first, and even at its loudest is just barely audible. Goodman has created a song that is rather intense despite how quiet and slow moving it is. S.G. Goodman says of her latest single: “My anxiety and depression had been amounting to weird realistic dreams, where I would vividly enter certain eras of my childhood and young adulthood. I upped my therapy to two, sometimes three times a week during my time at home, and the song 'Snapping Turtle' is a ...