Review: Tara Craig & Goodbye, Beautiful team up for defiant double singles
The new songs offer hope and resistance.
Tara Craig and Goodbye, Beautiful electrify with their new collaborative singles. “Flood the Zone” and “Gilded Bastards” serve as necessary, barn-burning rallying cries for the exhausting times in which we find ourselves. As every single day feels like the end of the road, music remains a connective tissue to the human experience and often re-energizes us to dig deeper and let our voices be known. An earth-vibrating roar echoes throughout the two new tracks — one of hope and the other of fearless resistance. Together, they form a volatile mix of raw humanity caught in a wire trap, and all you want to really do is torch the earth.
“Flood the Zone” thumps with the pitter-patter of percussion and a guitar’s blistering moans. With her reedy vocals, Craig cuts down deep into her anger to excavate the hope she still carries around in her heart. The ravages of mankind won’t kill the compassion and empathy we so desperately need in 2025. Conversely, “Gilded Bastard” leans into the venomous, rage-filled anger coursing in her veins. It’s no time to sit idly by; it’s time to forge ahead for a better tomorrow.
The two new songs will be issued on limited edition 7″ vinyl and are available on Bandcamp, with all profits donated to The Trevor Project and The ACLU.
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