Rejoice Avett Brothers fans, the drought is over, as their new album is out on May 17th via Ramseur Records/American Recordings/Thirty Tigers and after many focus group conversations they’ve gone with a title we’ll remember – “The Avett Brothers”. You can hear the first single to be taken from the album below, the rollicking ‘Love of a Girl’.
Recorded in Malibu’s Shangri-La Studios, as well as Nashville, Mar Vista, and the band’s hometown of Concord, NC, “The Avett Brothers” is described as a collection of songs seen through a lens of independently studied spirituality. In an ongoing attempt to comprehend existence and our interpersonal connectedness, the songs “seek the sacred in the commonplace: a cheap cup of coffee, the smallest movement of love, broken hearts and school bus lessons, a baby’s first and second steps, growing older and holding on to one’s roots, losing someone and accepting fate, rediscovering hope and finding sanctity in tragedy…ultimately revelling in the fun and surrender of what we cannot understand.”
As their first full-length release on Ramseur Records/Thirty Tigers since 2007’s ‘Emotionalism’, the album is being pitched as a fresh start for the band’s future as a multifaceted and singular force. In the time that has passed since their last album, the band have also debuted “Swept Away”, a new musical inspired by and featuring their music, backed by a cast and crew that have earned a collective nine Tony Awards. Furthermore, the North Carolina Music Hall of Famers recently earned a Lifetime Achievement Award for Performance from the Americana Honors & Awards, while Seth Avett released a solo album celebrating his songwriting hero Greg Brown, Bob Crawford created a podcast about John Quincy Adams, and Scott Avett had multiple exhibits for his work as a figurative painter (while creating all the artwork and illustrations that will accompany the LP).
The Avett Brothers will begin performing music from “The Avett Brothers” on a far-reaching tour this spring and summer. Find the full list of dates below and tickets at theavettbrothers.com/tour.
“The Avett Brothers” Track List:
Never Apart (w/ Vocal Prelude)
Love Of A Girl – see video below
Cheap Coffee
Forever Now
Country Kid
Orion’s Belt
2020 Regret
Same Broken Bones
We Are Loved
