Billy Strings: So Much For Goodbyes (2LP) [REPRISE]

Why you'll love it

A 16-track 2LP set. So Much For Goodbyes scored 90 on Metacritic, and The Guardian's Alexis Petridis called Billy Strings' guitar picking every bit as astonishingly dextrous as his fans claim.

This edition

• 2LP set
• 16 tracks

About the album

Over the past decade, the Michigan-born picker has gone from local phenomenon to bluegrass's modern-day ambassador, playing to huge crowds with a band that, remarkably, has no drummer and doesn't need one. So Much For Goodbyes, his fifth album, keeps the flatpicking firepower and leans further into songwriting, with sixteen songs that move between barnburners and reflective ballads.

"I'm One Of Those" and "Burn The Other End" open in a hurry, "Mill Town Flood" and "Bluewater Breakdown" show off the band's propulsive drive, and late tracks like "Remember To Cry" and "Debra's Waltz" slow things right down. AllMusic's Timothy Monger called him one of the genre's most reliable innovators. It's a long record, but bluegrass fans have never once complained about getting too much banjo for their money.

His guitar picking is every bit as astonishingly dextrous as his tie-dyed devotees claim.
Alexis Petridis, The Guardian

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Out August 28, 2026 on Reprise (cat# 1-729047).