Hellogoodbye (EP)

Infobox Album | Name = Hellogoodbye
Type = EP
Artist = Hellogoodbye

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Released = August 17 2004
Recorded = Forrest Kline's house (Huntington Beach, California)
Genre = Rock, power pop
Length = 22:04
Label = Drive-Thru
Producer = Forrest Kline
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:n6jweau74xh7 link]
*Punktastic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.punktastic.com/index.php?navID=2&reviewID=750 link]
Last album =
This album = "Hellogoodbye EP"
(2004)
Next album = "Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!" (2006)|

"Hellogoodbye" is the eponymous debut EP from Hellogoodbye. It was released on August 17 2004 by Drive-Thru Records. All the vocals and instruments were recorded solely by Forrest Kline, except for the lead vocals on track 4, which were performed by Jesse Kurvink.

On March 18 2004, shortly after the band got signed to Drive-Thru, the first five tracks were released digitally, as the second of two free downloadable EPs (the first one being Jenoah's "Morning Is When Jenoah Wakes Up") on the label's homepage. The "Hellogoodbye" EP was downloaded about 300,000 times, while the physical release issued half a year later sold over 80,000 copies to date.ref|gamefoeref|soundscan With the physical release, which featured the sixth track, the download offer was discontinued.

Track listing

#"Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn (Take It Back To Square One)" (Forrest Kline, Jesse Kurvink) – 3:13
#"Call N' Return (Say That You're Into Me)" (Kline) – 2:17
#"Bonnie Taylor Shakedown 2K1" (Kurvink) – 2:33
#"Jesse Buy Nothing... Go to Prom Anyways" (Kurvink) – 2:50
#"Dear Jamie... Sincerely Me" (Kline) – 8:34
#"Bonnie Taylor Shakedown 2K4" (Kurvink) – 2:32

Re-issue Bonus Tracks

7. "Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn (Take It Back To Square One)" (Demo) – 3:01
8. "Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn (Take It Back To Square One)" (Gm Og Mix) – 3:03
9. "Call N' Return (Say That You're Into Me)" (Demo) – 2:18
10. "Bonnie Taylor Shakedown... 2K1" (Demo) – 2:35
11. "Bonnie Taylor Shakedown... 2K1" (Gm Og Mix) – 2:37
12. "Asking Jessica To Be Official" – 1:16
13. "Jesse Buy Corsage" (Prequel To Jesse Buy Nothing) – 2:21
14. "In Da Club" (Promo For Chain Show) – 0:46
15. "Welcome To My Record" (Gm Og Mix) – 1:59
16. "One Armed Scissor" (Voicemail By: Turtle) – 0:54
17. "Trevor Roolz (A Lot)" (Gm Og Mix) – 0:32
18. "Lindsay Pai Ala Mode" (Or Songs For Lindsay Pai) – 4:19
19. "Oh Karissa, How I Miss Ya" (Gm Og Mix) – 0:40
20. "Oh, Angie" (Demo) – 1:13
21. "Oh, Angie" (Gm Og Mix) – 0:54

Album Artwork

The CD cover is a spoof on Andy Warhol's album cover for "The Velvet Underground and Nico" (1967) by The Velvet Underground. Instead of featuring a banana with the words "peel slowly and see", it instead depicts an avocado with the accompanying phrase "mush slowly and guac."

References

# cite web|url=http://www.gamefoe.co.uk/interviews/dtr.php|title=Richard Reines of Drive-Thru Records|work=Gamefoe.co.uk|accessmonthday=December 2 |accessyear=2005
# cite web|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=130828|title=Soundscan Results: Week Ending April 16, 2006|work=Absolutepunk.net|accessmonthday=April 21 |accessyear=2006