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So Much For Goodbyes

Billy Strings

Aug 28, 20261 hr 15 minReprise

  • Country
  • Folk
  • Bluegrass
  • Jamgrass
  • Americana
  • Gospel
  • Singer-songwriter

Channels grief through virtuosic bluegrass, gospel harmonies, jamgrass passages, and intimate songwriting. Balances buoyant motion against somber loss, though a sprawling sequence sometimes weakens cohesion.

1
I'm One of Those
4:20
2
Burn the Other End
4:39
3
Carry Us Home
4:11
4
Lay Me Down
4:00
5
Lucid Daydream
6:35
6
Mill Town Flood
5:05
7
Live to Tell
6:22
8
Bluewater Breakdown
3:30
9
Light the Way
2:45
10
I Like Train Songs
4:48
11
10,000 Miles From a Friend
5:06
12
Still I Crash
5:00
13
I Wish I Wanted To
6:35
14
Remember to Cry
3:49
15
Wrestling an Angel
3:45
16
Debra's Waltz
4:10

Critic reviews

  • Pitchfork: 7.8/10(opens in new tab)by Grayson Haver Currin
    Sep 3, 2026

    The album expands bluegrass through gospel, instrumentals, train songs, and personal storytelling.

  • Beats Per Minute: 76/100(opens in new tab)by John Amen
    Sep 17, 2026

    While Goodbyes may capture Strings as he matures into a conventional stance, it’s still chock-full of sensual textures, moody treatments, and sophisticated thematics

  • Saving Country Music: 8.3/10(opens in new tab)by Trigger
    Aug 31, 2026

    So Much For Goodbyes is so hard to quantify on the album scale, while including some of the absolute best songs of Billy’s career heretofore.