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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 ...

Photo by Ryan Hartley We cover a lot of artists that blur the lines between indie rock and Americana, and as much of a cliche as it is, no one does it quite like S.G. Goodman. The Kentucky artist's latest single, "Satellite," leans more into the indie rock side of the spectrum while keeping roots in Americana. The song is a slow burn that moves along with a dark sense of menace. Much of Goodman's upcoming album was inspired by the loss of her dog Howard and a close friend, and that sense of grief is audible in "Satellite." As indie rock leaning as the song is, there is that Appalachian sense of darkness that seems to dominate the track. This one is certainly not an upbeat listen, but Goodman finds beauty in the grief and darkness throughout the song. S.G. Goodman says about her latest single: “The whole premise behind the practice of Planting by the Signs, is that we can look to nature to understand when would be the best time to do something to get the best...