New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Grammy nominated guitar-slinger, troublemaker, raconteur, producer, and Georgia boy Butch Walker released today a new song "Wilder in the Heart" off his upcoming eighth studio album Stay Gold due out on August 26 via Dangerbird Records. As a writer of dozens of songs with hooks that stick in your head, Walker has penned choruses you want to sing (or shout) along to from acts including Frank Turner, Brian Fallon, Taylor Swift, and many more. He is a teller of authentic stories of exploits and predicaments and romance that are filled with optimism; builder of albums with no boundaries - rock, pop, Americana, singer-songwriter�or, as he says, �I think it�s all just rock & roll.�
To listen to "Wilder in the Heart" - click below:
"'Wilder in the Heart' was the first song written and recorded for the record, so it kind of set the tone," Walker told The FADER who premiered the track yesterday. "To me, it sounds like a straight up '80s Don Henley jam, which I love. I wanted that element, that soaring chorus that he would sing, but I also wanted it to tell a story of a missed love, because we've all been there."
Walker's last album, 2015�s Ryan Adams� produced Afraid Of Ghosts, was a cathartic record that dealt with a devastating personal experience, the passing of his father. This one�s a celebration. The stories on Stay Gold are very well fleshed out, something Butch credits to �growing up on some of those dudes - Elton John and the (Bernie) Taupin lyrics, Springsteen and Joel." It kicks off with the title song, a straight-ahead rocker, loaded with swagger and lyrics that call out native GA locales featuring a nod to the S.E. Hinton novel (and later, a Coppola film), The Outsiders. The lead single "East Coast Girl" and "Mexican Coke" are inspired by Walker's move to Los Angeles, the former effectively combining an anthemic chorus with spoken verses, recorded conversationally on an iPhone. The writerly eye for detail is apparent in one of Stay Gold's standout tracks, "Descending", a beautiful, decidedly tender duet with country singer Ashley Monroe about survival and staying on the course of love.
Listen to "East Coast Girl" here - https://youtu.be/4zRa8KIe464
Listen to "Stay Gold" here - https://youtu.be/FjxYFome4wo
Listen to "Descending" (feat. Ashley Monroe) here - https://youtu.be/DYScY9kH8xE
Listen to "Ludlow Expectations" here - https://youtu.be/JZfpUvHqJf4
Overall, Stay Gold is clearly Walker's most articulate to date. When asked if the stories are real or imagined, he replies, �All the songs are half true.� The album is now available for pre-order with "East Coast Girl", "Stay Gold", "Descending", "Ludlow Expectations", and "Wilder in the Heart" as instant grat downloads. In addition, Walker will set out on a North American tour with openers The Wind and The Wave and Suzanne Santo kicking off on August 17th at Orlando's The Social. All tickets are on-sale now.
Track List:
01) Stay Gold
02) East Coast Girl
03) Wilder In The Heart
04) Ludlow Expectations
05) Descending
06) Irish Exit
07) Mexican Coke
08) Can We Just Not Talk About Last Night
09) Spark Lost
10) Record Store
Tour Dates:
08/17 - Orlando, FL @ The Social*^ - https://ticketf.ly/28lpKdn
08/18 - Athens, GA @ 40 Watt Club*^ - https://ticketf.ly/1Zz3l6t
08/19 - Nashville, TN @ Cannery Ballroom*^ - https://tktwb.tw/1Ya8cMu
08/20 - Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle*^ - https://bit.ly/1PhW4Ca
08/22 - Charleston, SC @ The Pour House*^ - https://bit.ly/25N2S4n
08/23 - Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theatre*^ - https://bit.ly/22QTOcX
08/24 - Washington, DC @ U-Street Music Hall*^ - https://ticketf.ly/1swq0FH
08/26 - Philadelphia, PA @ Theater of Living Arts*^ - https://bit.ly/1UBndkT
08/27 - Asbury Park, NJ @ House of Independence*^ - https://tktwb.tw/1rdDvJn
08/29 - New York, NY @ Irving Plaza*^ - https://bit.ly/1OdMncX
08/30 - Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade^ - https://bit.ly/2aan8qw
09/01 - Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair*^ - https://bit.ly/1VN6xw1
09/02 - South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground*^ - https://ticketf.ly/22QUDlK
09/03 - Toronto, ON @ Virgin Mobile Mod Club* - https://ticketf.ly/1UBntAn
09/06 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Small's*^ - https://tktwb.tw/1UAVaSP
09/07 - Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues*^ - https://bit.ly/1tisQ1N
09/09 - Detroit, MI @ Saint Andrews Hall^ - https://bit.ly/1UoUCzm
09/10 - Chicago, IL @ House of Blues^ - https://bit.ly/1WFrydd
09/11 - Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theatre*^ - https://tktwb.tw/22Qgee5
09/13 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theatre*^ - https://bit.ly/1UBoY1x
09/17 - Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom* - https://bit.ly/1taCHWQ
09/18 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall* - https://bit.ly/28lqRd8
09/19 - San Diego, CA @ House of Blues*^ - https://bit.ly/1VN7hBf
* w/ The Wind and The Wave
^ w/ Suzanne Santo
