{"id":8049,"date":"2021-10-05T09:05:38","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T07:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/?p=8049"},"modified":"2021-10-05T09:37:22","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T07:37:22","slug":"new-album-goodbye-honolulu-goodbye-honolulu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/05\/new-album-goodbye-honolulu-goodbye-honolulu\/","title":{"rendered":"New album: Goodbye Honolulu || Goodbye Honolulu"},"content":{"rendered":"

Appealing music sounds familiar but at the same time offers something new – uncertainty and surprise<\/a> should not deviate too much from expectations<\/a>. Toronto four-piece Goodbye Honolulu<\/a> understands that principle very well. Emmett S Webb (vocals, guitar, bass), Jacob Switzer (vocals, guitar, bass, hand claps), Fox Martindale (vocals, guitar, organ), and Max Bornstein (vocals, drums, drum machine, percussion, hand claps) -four individual songwriters and three frontmen – never stick to one sound: on your ibingo card with influences you can check off garage rock, new wave, power-pop, glam, and electronic music. After three EPs,\u00a0 More Honey<\/em> (2018), No Honey<\/em> (2017) and Heavy Gold<\/em><\/a> (2016; one of my favorites at the time), they have now released their self-titled full-length debut album<\/a>, described by the band as their “dream record” \u2013 13 original songs with a perfect balance between familiar and surprising. For example, the intro to Over and Over<\/em> is somewhat reminiscent of Bee Gees’ Stayin’ Alive<\/em>, and Get the Denim<\/em> echoes The Specials’ Little Bitch<\/em> (aka The Dandy Warhols’ Bohemian Like You<\/em>), but before you can imagine the accompanying lyrics, Goodbye Honolulu has already made it its own. Anyway, this is a successful eclectic mix of catchy songs with strong riffs. Bingo!<\/p>\n