{"product_id":"billy_strings-so_much_for_goodbyes","title":"So Much For Goodbyes","description":"\u003cp\u003eBilly Strings’ So Much for Goodbyes was released August 28, 2026, through Reprise Records, pairing his intricate bluegrass musicianship with some of his most personal songwriting. Co-produced with T Bone Burnett, the 16-track album was shaped by the 2025 death of his mother, Debra Apostol, whose artwork appears on the cover. His regular band—Billy Failing on banjo, Jarrod Walker on mandolin, Royal Masat on bass, and Alex Hargreaves on fiddle—provides the foundation, with guests including Alison Krauss, Del McCoury, and Jack White. Traditional string-band arrangements remain central, but gospel, country instrumentation, and restrained psychedelic textures broaden the sound. Grief connects the material without flattening its emotional range: regret and self-reproach sit alongside humor, spiritual searching, and the sustaining pleasure of playing music. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I’m One of Those” opens with flowing instrumental exchanges and an uneasy longing for home, while “Burn the Other End” pushes into faster, more expansive territory. “Bluewater Breakdown” showcases Strings and Failing’s tightly coordinated picking, contrasting with the tender guitar interplay between Strings and Bryan Sutton on “Carry Us Home.” “Mill Town Flood,” featuring Lindsay Lou, turns love and loss into a vividly drawn narrative, while the unaccompanied “Still I Crash” addresses his mother with little distance between feeling and performance. “Remember to Cry” sets its reflections on sudden bereavement against brisk bluegrass momentum before “Debra’s Waltz” closes without words, allowing the instruments to carry the farewell. The album’s length can make it feel sprawling, but its shifts between virtuosity and vulnerability give the technical brilliance an especially clear emotional purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Record Store","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl \/ 2LP","offer_id":67925169111354,"sku":"41366","price":56.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Vinyl \/ 2LP - Indie Exclusive Colour Vinyl","offer_id":68000587448634,"sku":"41367","price":58.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD \/ Album","offer_id":68000587481402,"sku":"41365","price":13.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/2041\/0682\/files\/Screenshot_2026-11-14_at_7.59.14_PM.jpg?v=1794733241","url":"https:\/\/recordstore.ca\/products\/billy_strings-so_much_for_goodbyes","provider":"Record Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}