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“I’ve got memories that will outlast time,” Misha Lindes sings on “Goodbye Queenie,” the latest
single by his ongoing music project SadGirl. It’s a bittersweet line an acknowledgment of both
the fleeting nature of so many things in life and the resilience of the specter of the past. The
standalone single is both a broader examination of that lyrical snippet and a fitting summation
of the larger trajectory of SadGirl. The band has always existed in a state of flux, with new
contributors coming in and out of the equation and new tactics being explored for capturing
Lindes’ songwriting. On its own, “Goodbye Queenie” digs into old school brokenhearted country
music like George Jones or Patsy Cline with a slight flourish of Mexican norteño ballads. A simple
chord progression on an acoustic guitar, the tasteful percussion of returning drummer David Ruiz,
the lilting vocals and steady bass line of newcomer Sami Perez, and the yearning central melody and forlorn
lyrics provided by Lindes all culminate in a perfect three-minute Americana-tinged pop song
built around a dissolving relationship. The song is quite literally a goodbye, both to the very real
muse in the lyrics and to the previous incarnation of SadGirl. “The song is the first venture in a
new chapter for the group, focusing more as a personal recording project than it has been in
the past,” Lindes says. And if “Goodbye Queenie” is any indication of what’s to come for SadGirl, then perhaps the past is best left to memory.
single by his ongoing music project SadGirl. It’s a bittersweet line an acknowledgment of both
the fleeting nature of so many things in life and the resilience of the specter of the past. The
standalone single is both a broader examination of that lyrical snippet and a fitting summation
of the larger trajectory of SadGirl. The band has always existed in a state of flux, with new
contributors coming in and out of the equation and new tactics being explored for capturing
Lindes’ songwriting. On its own, “Goodbye Queenie” digs into old school brokenhearted country
music like George Jones or Patsy Cline with a slight flourish of Mexican norteño ballads. A simple
chord progression on an acoustic guitar, the tasteful percussion of returning drummer David Ruiz,
the lilting vocals and steady bass line of newcomer Sami Perez, and the yearning central melody and forlorn
lyrics provided by Lindes all culminate in a perfect three-minute Americana-tinged pop song
built around a dissolving relationship. The song is quite literally a goodbye, both to the very real
muse in the lyrics and to the previous incarnation of SadGirl. “The song is the first venture in a
new chapter for the group, focusing more as a personal recording project than it has been in
the past,” Lindes says. And if “Goodbye Queenie” is any indication of what’s to come for SadGirl, then perhaps the past is best left to memory.
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