EP REVIEW: Goodbye, Farewell - “Ten Years Too Late”
Goodbye, Farewell brings the return of true emo with their new EP, “Ten Years Too Late”
by Jesse Smith
Songs for broken hearts by broken hearts will always hit the hardest. This statement is especially true for the new release from Goodbye, Farewell. “Ten Years Too Late” is filled with pure emo anthems about love and love lost that will make you feel every emotion on the spectrum. According to Goodbye, Farewell, these songs were started in 2009 and now over a decade later they are able to see the light of day.
Artwork for Ten Years Too Late
The art of myspace era singer-songwriter emo feels like it’s a dying breed. While we’ve been holding on the nostalgia from those days, Goodbye, Farewell brings back that sound but brings us something new for our emotional mixtapes. The opening track “I Gave You My Heart” was the first single that was released so it makes sense that it leads off this album. Out of the gate you get smack in the heart with that traditional emo vibe that slaps you in your feelings. With lyrics like “use your love to fix my heart if you please” and “this blade will become my friend, only if you’re not with me in the end” the over the top emotional imagery is what we live for. But on the other end of the emotional spectrum you have songs like “Runaways” which is more of an admiration anthem of love rather than pain. Lyrics like “our hearts are intertwined, with you I feel complete” shows that emo music doesn’t always need to be sad. But that mood quickly evaporates with “The Talk” which is a beautifully hurtful song about the end of a relationship.
As singer-songwriter that wants to prove emo is not dead, he has his finger right on the pulse. This is the kind of songs that you listen to when life feels like it’s getting the best of you and you need to share that pain wven if for a minute. He relays and applys his raw emotions into words as well as an overall vibe that immediately connects him with his listeners. It may be ten years late, but it’s better than never.