

S.G. Goodman has announced her third studio album, “Planting by the Signs”, which will come out on 20th June via her very own Slough Water Records / Thirty Tigers. This is her first album in three years and it is a reminder of the Kentucky-born and raised singer-songwriter’s sharp lyricism, singular voice, and blend of indie rock and rural influences. Out now is the single ‘Fire Sign’ which you can watch the video for below.
S.G. comments about the track: “After touring relentlessly for 2 years, ‘living like the sun don’t shine / on the same dog’s ass everyday,’ as the song puts it, I came off the road questioning my purpose and choices. People are quick to tell you that you are not working hard enough, but slow in telling you that you are working hard enough. That seems to be up to you, as well as your ‘why?’. Despite this burnout and other personal setbacks, I found the fire to keep pushing and to make what I believe is my best record yet. ‘Who’ll put the fire out?’ The only person who can put my fire out is myself.”
Since the release of her debut album in 2020, Goodman has been touring non-stop. She has performed with My Morning Jacket, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Margo Price, M.J. Lenderman, Tyler Childers – who covered her song ‘Space And Time’ – she won Best Emerging Act at 2023’s Americana Awards, made her Opry and Ryman debuts and performed at NPR’s Tiny Desk. While on the road, promoting her debut “Old Time Feeling” and 2022’s “Teeth Marks“, she zig-zagged across the US relentlessly. When she returned home to Kentucky to write the next album, she hit a wall, because she hadn’t paused for years. So she took stock got back to nature, and looked back to the ancient Appalachian wisdom of planting by the signs, i.e. idea that cutting your hair or laying down shingles, are best timed to lunar and planetary cycles.
S.G. says, “As an “old story keeper,” I’ve centered myself around the idea that passing down stories and sayings connects us through generations. This notion was a driving force in the creation of this album as a whole, as I was compelled to share the concept of planting by the signs with my nieces and nephews.”
The result is looking like eleven tracks of her best material yet. In the autumn of 2024, Goodman decamped to the Nutt House in Sheffield, AL, alongside co-producer Drew Vandenberg (her co-producer on 2022’s “Teeth Marks“), guitarist/songwriter Matt Rowan, her longtime musical collaborator with whom she parted ways and then reconciled in the span between albums. Her two collaborators and a cast of musical characters including Goodman tracked “Planting by the Signs” and it finds Goodman exploring this old story and other themes with a fresh musical and lyrical perspective.