New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Earlier this year, Reckless
Kelly celebrated their 20th anniversary as a band with the release of Sunset Motel, their first album with Thirty Tigers and follow up to their Grammy Award winning (Best Recording Package) 2013 release, Long Night Moon.
Today, the band has once again been nominated for the Best Recording Package Grammy. The artwork was designed by acclaimed art directors
Sarah Dodds and Shauna Dodds of the Austin, Texas-based Backstage Design Studio.
"To be able to do what you love for a living is all anyone could ever ask for," said
Sarah and Shauna Dodds. "To also then have the ability to collaborate on those pursuits with friends who share and support that same passion is a dream. Forget how it feels to also be honored for that same passionate pursuit with a Grammy Nomination. For that, there are not sufficient words. We owe a lifetime of gratitude to Reckless
Kelly for giving us that opportunity."
Sunset Motel debuted at #8 on the Billboard Americana/Folk Albums Chart and #12 on the Billboard Country Albums Chart. Additionally, the band debuted at #1 on the
Texas Regional
Radio Report Chart and the CDX TRACtion
Texas Monitored
Radio Airplay Chart. The band is currently sitting at an impressive #9 on the overall Americana
Radio Chart.
In advance of release, Team Coco premiered Sunset Motel in its entirety.
Billboard spoke with frontman Willy Braun about the new album and premiered the single "Moment In The Sun." "We ended up writing about 30 or 50 songs and picking the best 20 or so and then recorded them and knocked it own to 13," Braun told Billboard's Gary Graff. "It just ended up being the best of the best. It was kind of a relief not to have to try too hard to go in any one direction or any kind of vibe."
Taste of Country premiered "Who's Gonna Be Your Baby Now," the second single to be released from the new collection. Sterling Whitaker wrote, "The Austin-based band were Americana before there really was such a term, combining roots, rock and country influences into an uncompromising musical approach that has earned the Grammy-winning group a very steadfast and loyal following."
Rolling Stone Country announced the album with a stream of "How Can You Love Him (You Don't Even Like Him)," the first single to be released from the album, and said "Sunset Motel finds the band in familiar musical territory — bounding fearlessly between the sounds of jangling heartland rock and scrappy, hardscrabble country, with stories that refuse to dumb themselves down for mass appeal."
Purchase Sunset Motel via Amazon or iTunes.
Tour Dates:
12/8/16 - Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom
12/9/16 - Dallas, TX - The Kessler Theater
12/10/16 Lindale, TX - Love and War in Texas
12/15/16 - Austin, TX - Continental Club
12/16/16 - Oklahoma, OK - Wormy Dog Saloon
12/17/16 - Amarillo, TX - Hoot's Pub
12/31/16 - Garden City, ID - Revolution Center
1/6 & 1/7/17 - Steamboat Springs, CO - Steamboat Springs MusicFest
1/13/17 - Helotes, TX - Floore's Country Store
1/20/17 - Spicewood, TX - Poodie's
1/27/17 - Ft. Worth, TX - Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo
2/3 & 2/4/17 - Missoula, MT - University of Montana
2/10/17 - Houston, TX -
Junior League of
Texas Charity Ball
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