You Come and Go Like a Pop Song

You Come and Go Like a Pop Song
Studio album by The Bicycle Thief
Released	September 21, 1999
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	45:25
Label	Artemis, Musicrama, Goldenvoice
Producer	Marc Hutner, Josh Blum
The Bicycle Thief chronology
You Come and Go Like a Pop Song (1999) Stoned +2 (2001)

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CMJ New Music Monthly	(not rated) [3]

You Come and Go Like a Pop Song is an album by The Bicycle Thief, released in 1999 and re-released with a different track listing in 2001.

Songs on the album were predominantly written by frontman Bob Forrest (singer for LA band Thelonious Monster), though Josh Klinghoffer (later to play in Red Hot Chili Peppers and Dot Hacker) played a major role, contributing drums, guitars, keyboards, and songwriting. Forrest is briefly mentioned in Anthony Kiedis's autobiography "Scar Tissue".

Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante appears on "Cereal Song", playing a lead guitar solo. Additional musicians, songwriters, and producers for the album include Josh Blum, Kevin Fitzgerald, and Marc Hunter.^[4]

The album's title may have come from a lyric in Ani DiFranco's song "Gratitude": "But I don't come and go like a pop song/that you can play incessantly and then forget when it's gone."

On July 21, 2020, it was announced via the Instagram page of The Bicycle Thief that the album is going to be reissued for a third time and for first time on vinyl with the inclusion of "Song for a Kevin Spacey Movie" and "Trust Fund Girl" as bonus tracks in a 7" yellow-vinyl. The album includes a digital-download card to get "Birthday Cake Rarities", a 24-tracks album of demos, live tracks, and two previously unreleased studio tracks. Its release date is set for September 21, 2020 – Which is the 21st anniversary of the album.^[5]