{"history":[],"article":{"id":"6e9f4e2a-18a4-4208-be54-6e3c59037248","title":"Hellogoodbye (EP)","slug":"hellogoodbye-ep","content":":::summary\n![Hellogoodbye](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Mush///Slowly///AlbArt.jpg)\n**Name:** Hellogoodbye \n**Type:** EP \n**Artist:** [Hellogoodbye](https://bliptext.com/articles/hellogoodbye) \n**Released:** August 17, 2004 \n**Recorded:** Forrest Kline's house ([Huntington Beach, California](https://bliptext.com/articles/huntington-beach-california)) \n**Genre:** [Emo-pop](https://bliptext.com/articles/emo-pop) \n**Length:** 22:04 \n**Label:** [Drive-Thru](https://bliptext.com/articles/drive-thru-records) \n**Producer:** [Forrest Kline](https://bliptext.com/articles/forrest-kline) \n**Next Title:** [Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!](https://bliptext.com/articles/zombies-aliens-vampires-dinosaurs) \n**Next Year:** 2006 \n:::\n\n# \n**[Hellogoodbye](https://bliptext.com/articles/hellogoodbye)** is the [eponymous](https://bliptext.com/articles/eponym) debut [EP](https://bliptext.com/articles/extended-play) from **[Hellogoodbye](https://bliptext.com/articles/hellogoodbye)**.\nIt was released on August 17, 2004, by [Drive-Thru Records](https://bliptext.com/articles/drive-thru-records).\nAll the vocals and instruments were recorded solely by Forrest Kline, except for the lead vocals on track 4, which were performed by Jesse Kurvink.\n\n# Album artwork\nThe cover is a spoof on [Andy Warhol](https://bliptext.com/articles/andy-warhol)'s album cover for [The Velvet Underground & Nico](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-velvet-underground-nico) (1967) by [The Velvet Underground](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-velvet-underground).\nInstead of featuring a banana with the words \"peel slowly and see\", it instead depicts an [avocado](https://bliptext.com/articles/avocado) with the accompanying phrase \"mush slowly and guac.\"\n\n# Release\nOn March 18, 2004, shortly after the band were signed to Drive-Thru, the first five tracks of the EP were released digitally, as the second of two free downloadable EPs (the first one being [Jenoah](https://bliptext.com/articles/jenoah)'s Morning Is When [Jenoah](https://bliptext.com/articles/jenoah) Wakes Up) on the label's homepage.\nThe Hellogoodbye EP was downloaded about 300,000 times, while the physical release issued 5 months later has sold over 80,000 copies to date.\nWith the physical release, which featured the sixth track, the download offer was discontinued.\n\n# Track listing\n**Re-issue Bonus Tracks**\n

\"Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn (Take It Back To Square One)\" (Demo) – 3:01\n

\"Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn (Take It Back To Square One)\" (Gm Og Mix) – 3:03\n

\"Call N' Return (Say That You're Into Me)\" (Demo) – 2:18\n

\"Bonnie Taylor Shakedown... 2K1\" (Demo) – 2:35\n

\"Bonnie Taylor Shakedown... 2K1\" (Gm Og Mix) – 2:37\n

\"Asking Jessica To Be Official\" – 1:16\n

\"Jesse Buy Corsage\" (Prequel To Jesse Buy Nothing) – 2:21\n

\"In Da Club\" (Promo For Chain Show) – 0:46\n

\"Welcome To My Record\" (Gm Og Mix) – 1:59\n

\"One Armed Scissor\" (Voicemail By: Turtle) – 0:54\n

\"Trevor Roolz (A Lot)\" (Gm Og Mix) – 0:32\n

\"Lindsay Pai Ala Mode\" (Or Songs For Lindsay Pai) – 4:19\n

\"Oh Karissa, How I Miss Ya\" (Gm Og Mix) – 0:40\n

\"Oh, Angie\" (Demo) – 1:13\n

\"Oh, Angie\" (Gm Og Mix) – 0:54","current_revision":null,"created_by":"kACnuQmH5k9Nr5VNVEpVeg7XpvUmMctD","created_at":"2025-01-25T21:42:15.251Z","updated_at":"2025-01-25T21:42:15.251Z","search_vector":"'ep':2 'hellogoodby':1","search_content":" \n \n**Name:** Hellogoodbye \n**Type:** EP \n**Artist:** [Hellogoodbye](https://bliptext.com/articles/hellogoodbye) \n**Released:** August 17, 2004 \n**Recorded:** Forrest Kline's house ([Huntington Beach, California](https://bliptext.com/articles/huntington-beach-california)) \n**Genre:** [Emo-pop](https://bliptext.com/articles/emo-pop) \n**Length:** 22:04 \n**Label:** [Drive-Thru](https://bliptext.com/articles/drive-thru-records) \n**Producer:** [Forrest Kline](https://bliptext.com/articles/forrest-kline) \n**Next Title:** [Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!](https://bliptext.com/articles/zombies-aliens-vampires-dinosaurs) \n**Next Year:** 2006 \n \n\n# \n**[Hellogoodbye](https://bliptext.com/articles/hellogoodbye)** is the [eponymous](https://bliptext.com/articles/eponym) debut [EP](https://bliptext.com/articles/extended-play) from **[Hellogoodbye](https://bliptext.com/articles/hellogoodbye)**.\nIt was released on August 17, 2004, by [Drive-Thru Records](https://bliptext.com/articles/drive-thru-records).\nAll the vocals and instruments were recorded solely by Forrest Kline, except for the lead vocals on track 4, which were performed by Jesse Kurvink.\n\n# Album artwork\nThe cover is a spoof on [Andy Warhol](https://bliptext.com/articles/andy-warhol)'s album cover for [[The Velvet Underground](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-velvet-underground) & Nico](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-velvet-underground-nico) (1967) by [The Velvet Underground](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-velvet-underground).\nInstead of featuring a banana with the words \"peel slowly and see\", it instead depicts an [avocado](https://bliptext.com/articles/avocado) with the accompanying phrase \"mush slowly and guac.\"\n\n# Release\nOn March 18, 2004, shortly after the band were signed to Drive-Thru, the first five tracks of the EP were released digitally, as the second of two free downloadable EPs (the first one being [Jenoah](https://bliptext.com/articles/jenoah)'s Morning Is When [Jenoah](https://bliptext.com/articles/jenoah) Wakes Up) on the label's homepage.\nThe Hellogoodbye EP was downloaded about 300,000 times, while the physical release issued 5 months later has sold over 80,000 copies to date.\nWith the physical release, which featured the sixth track, the download offer was discontinued.\n\n# Track listing\n**Re-issue Bonus Tracks**\n \"Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn (Take It Back To Square One)\" (Demo) – 3:01\n \"Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn (Take It Back To Square One)\" (Gm Og Mix) – 3:03\n \"Call N' Return (Say That You're Into Me)\" (Demo) – 2:18\n \"Bonnie Taylor Shakedown... 2K1\" (Demo) – 2:35\n \"Bonnie Taylor Shakedown... 2K1\" (Gm Og Mix) – 2:37\n \"Asking Jessica To Be Official\" – 1:16\n \"Jesse Buy Corsage\" (Prequel To Jesse Buy Nothing) – 2:21\n \"In Da Club\" (Promo For Chain Show) – 0:46\n \"Welcome To My Record\" (Gm Og Mix) – 1:59\n \"One Armed Scissor\" (Voicemail By: Turtle) – 0:54\n \"Trevor Roolz (A Lot)\" (Gm Og Mix) – 0:32\n \"Lindsay Pai Ala Mode\" (Or Songs For Lindsay Pai) – 4:19\n \"Oh Karissa, How I Miss Ya\" (Gm Og Mix) – 0:40\n \"Oh, Angie\" (Demo) – 1:13\n \"Oh, Angie\" (Gm Og Mix) – 0:54 ","revisionCount":0},"hasMore":false,"nextCursor":null}

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