Watch S.G. Goodman’s new “Snapping Turtle” video

S.G. Goodman‘s new album Planting by the Signs arrives next month, and she’s given us another preview with “Snapping Turtle.” It’s a beautiful, meditative track, and another slice of her vivid storytelling, as her stream-of-consciousness lyrics traverse small town life and childhood nostalgia, winding up back with the same titular snapping turtle. The video, featuring early and b-roll footage from documentary filmmaker Elaine McMillon Sheldon, premieres in this post; watch it below.

“My anxiety and depression had been amounting to weird realistic dreams, where I would vividly enter certain eras of my childhood and young adulthood,” Goodman says. “I upped my therapy to two, sometimes three times a week during my time at home, and the song ‘Snapping Turtle’ is a reflection of that.”

She adds, “That song came to me as seasons that have passed, and is a window into my process of understanding the impact of moving through time and in understanding how it shapes you and others, as well as reconciling with both a past and future where certain factors were out of your control. It’s a seamless story, with no true chorus, much like my persistent dreams and conversations in therapy.”

Planting by the Signs is out on June 20 via Slough Water/Third Tigers, and Goodman will be on tour through the fall, including headlining dates and shows supporting Tyler Childers, Trampled by Turtles, and Lord Huron. She stops in NYC on October 29 at Bowery Ballroom, and you can see all dates below.

https://youtu.be/wPiJkp_4QUo

S.G. GOODMAN: 2025 TOUR DATES
5/29 – Jacksonville, FL – VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena +
5/30 – Gainesville, FL – Heartwood Soundstage
6/1 – Orange Beach, AL – The Wharf Amphitheater +
6/27 – Lexington, KY – The Burl @
6/28 – Lexington, KY – The Burl =
7/5 – Duluth, MN – Bayfront Festival Park “
8/7 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE ^
8/8 – Columbus, OH – KEMBA Live! ^
8/9 – Rochester Hills, MI – Meadow Brook Amphitheatre ^
8/23 – Falkenberg, Sweden – Rootsy Summer Fest
8/24 – Stockholm, Sweden – Stockholm Roots
8/26 – Oslo, Norway – Belleville
8/28–8/29 – Tønder, Denmark – Tønder Festival
8/31 – Den Haag, Netherlands – Once In A Blue Moon Festival
9/2 – London, UK – Oslo Hackney
9/4 – Manchester, UK – Gullivers
9/5 – Bristol, UK – Louisiana
9/18 – Dallas, TX – Kessler Theater *
9/19 – Houston, TX – Heights Ironwork *
9/20 – Austin, TX – Antone’s *
9/23 – Tucson, AZ – Club Congress *
9/24 – Pioneertown, CA – Pappy & Harriet’s ~
9/26 – Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour ~
9/27 – San Francisco, CA – The Chapel *
9/30 – Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater *
10/1 – Seattle, WA – The Crocodile *
10/3 – Salt Lake City, UT – The State Room *
10/4 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater *
10/22 – Atlanta, GA – Terminal West +
10/24 – Nashville, TN – Basement East +
10/25 – Asheville, NC – Eulogy +
10/26 – Saxapahaw, NC – Haw River Ballroom +
10/27 – Washington D.C. – The Atlantis +
10/29 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom +
10/30 – Philadelphia, PA – World Cafe Live +
11/1 – Boston, MA – The Sinclair +
11/2 – Northampton, MA – Iron Horse +
11/4 – Toronto, ON – The Great Hall +
11/5 – Ann Arbor, MI – The Ark +
11/7 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall +
11/8 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line +
11/10 – St. Louis, MO – Off Broadway +

+ w/ Tyler Childers
“ w/ Trampled By Turtles
^ w/ Lord Huron
@ w/ Secular Pets
= w/ Nick Harley
* w/ John Calvin Abney
~ w/ Becca Mancari
+ w/ Fust