"Gone" b/w "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" is the first release
from My Bubba following their acclaimed, Big Bad Good. The Scandinavian folk duo,
Icelander Guðbjörg Tómasdóttir (a.k.a. Bubba) and Sweden's My Larsdotter, formed
in 2013 and have since concocted a soulful, unadorned sound all their own utilizing little more than the basic elements of warm harmonies, acoustic guitar, and the Norwegian lap harp known as a cittra. Big Bad Good, My Bubba's 2016 full-length release, was produced in Brooklyn by Shahzad Ismaily (Will Oldham, Jolie Holland), with its songs written and recorded almost immediately as they were written.
While their prior work was recorded almost entirely as a duo, "Gone" sees My Bubba
joined in Third Man Studios by a backing combo comprised of bassist Jack Lawrence, keyboardist Dean Fertita, and legendary Nashville drummer Whip Triplet.
"Gone" is the A-side and the first of their songs written on a century-old lap harp, which was procured from an old boyfriend's attic. After breaking up, My Bubba wrote this song about the old lover on the lap harp.
On the B-Side, a cover of Bob Dylan's "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" serves as one of the first songs the duo ever sang together in Copenhagen. They still play it most evenings together on the road.
