Hellogoodbye (EP)
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Hellogoodbye is the eponym
Eponym
An eponym is the name of a person or thing, whether real or fictitious, after which a particular place, tribe, era, discovery, or other item is named or thought to be named...

ous debut EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 from Hellogoodbye
Hellogoodbye
Hellogoodbye is a power pop band that was formed in Huntington Beach, California in 2001 by singer Forrest Kline. They were signed to Drive-Thru Records and released their first full-length album Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! in 2006, in addition to their previously released EP Hellogoodbye...

. It was released on August 17, 2004 by Drive-Thru Records
Drive-Thru Records
Drive-Thru Records, established in 1996, was a California-based record label owned by siblings Richard and Stefanie Reines. It has produced various pop punk bands, many with a distinct SoCal sound....

. 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
Jenoah
Jenoah was an American punk rock band from San Bernardino, California. They were signed to Drive-Thru Records through November 2006. On November 30, 2006, the band announced via MySpace that they had broken up.-Morning Is When Jenoah Wakes Up:...

'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. With the physical release, which featured the sixth track, the download offer was discontinued.

Track listing

  1. "Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn (Take It Back To Square One)" (Forrest Kline
    Forrest Kline
    Forrest Scott Kline is the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of the power pop band Hellogoodbye. He is of German descent and spent most of his childhood in Huntington Beach, California and in Palm Desert, California, and attended Huntington Beach High School, along with bandmate Jesse Kurvink,...

    , Jesse Kurvink) – 3:13
  2. "Call N' Return (Say That You're Into Me)" (Kline) – 2:17
  3. "Bonnie Taylor Shakedown 2K1" (Kurvink) – 2:33
  4. "Jesse Buy Nothing... Go to Prom Anyways" (Kurvink) – 2:50
  5. "Dear Jamie... Sincerely Me" (Kline) – 8:34
  6. "Bonnie Taylor Shakedown 2K4" (Kurvink) – 2:32


Re-issue Bonus Tracks

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

Album Artwork

The CD cover is a spoof on Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol
Andrew Warhola , known as Andy Warhol, was an American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art...

's album cover for The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) by The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground was an American rock band formed in New York City. First active from 1964 to 1973, their best-known members were Lou Reed and John Cale, who both went on to find success as solo artists. Although experiencing little commercial success while together, the band is often cited...

. Instead of featuring a banana with the words "peel slowly and see", it instead depicts an avocado
Avocado
The avocado is a tree native to Central Mexico, classified in the flowering plant family Lauraceae along with cinnamon, camphor and bay laurel...

with the accompanying phrase "mush slowly and guac."
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