New York, NY (Top40 Charts) On
September 8, the Austin-based songwriter
David Ramirez will release We're Not Going Anywhere, the follow up to his 2015 breakthrough record Fables and second in partnership with Thirty Tigers. Today, Ramirez shared the song and official video for "Twins," the second track to be released from the forthcoming album.
FLOOD Magazine premiered the video for "Twins" and said, "In a voice as honeyed as that of Ryan Adams, he couches his criticism in a spaced-out brand of folk that takes notes from the shuffling sadness of The War on Drugs and Hiss Golden Messenger."
The Line of Best Fit shared "Twins" and called it "...a departure from Ramirez's rootsy sound giving way to developing sonic arrangements that are new and firmly rooted in the present day."
Watch the video for "Twins" via YouTube:
https://youtu.be/GAQrQeqEN2k
Listen to "Twins" via Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/davidramirez/twins-1
We're Not Going Anywhere is now available for pre-order via iTunes and Amazon, and includes an instant download of "Watching From A Distance." Stream the song via Spotify.
UPROXX's Caitlin White shared the news of the album release and said "...the dark country blues of the album is not an overt message, hammered home; instead, Ramirez stands his ground by refining and compressing his sound, creating rebellious, lonely and soothing music in the face of such upheaval."
On the 10 vividly imagined and passionately performed songs on We're Not Going Anywhere
David Ramirez takes in the world from his unique perspective: "Being half white and half Mexican has made this current political climate especially interesting. So many cultures in this country are being viewed as un-American and it breaks my heart. My family have raised children here, created successful businesses here, and are proud to be a part of this country. Most of what I've seen as of late is misplaced fear. I wanted to write about that fear and how, instead of benefiting us, it sends us spiraling out control."
For We're Not Going Anywhere, Ramirez partnered with producer Sam Kassirer, who has helmed albums by Josh Ritter, Lake Street Dive, Bhi Bhiman, and many other artists. In January 2017 Ramirez and his band decamped to the Great North Sound Society, an eighteenth-century farmhouse in rural
Maine that serves as Kassirer's studio.
"It's very secluded, which was part of the appeal. We were able to get out of our touring headspace and stay completely involved with the record and what we were doing," explains Ramirez.
We're Not Going Anywhere turns that distance into a big-picture perspective— engaged and informed, compassionately political but not necessarily partisan. "We'd take breaks during the day and watch the news and see all the rallies and marches and the disruption and the out-of-control feeling that was everywhere then—and, frankly, still is now. We were looking around and no one was around us. The closest house was a mile away, so it was just us. We were grateful just to retreat from that social tornado for a while and create something that we hoped would be very beautiful."
David Ramirez will tour this summer and fall in support of We're Not Going Anywhere. Find a full list of tour dates below.
We're Not Going Anywhere Track List:
1) Twins
2) Watching From A Distance
3) People Call Who They Wanna Talk To
4) Time
5) Good Heart
6) Stone Age
7) Telephone Lovers
8) Villain
9)
Eliza Jane
10) I'm Not Going Anywhere
Tour Dates:
8/3: Columbia, MO - Rose
Music Hall #
8/4: Madison, WI - Live on King Street #
8/6: Bayfield, WI - Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua #
8/8: Fargo, ND - Fargo Brewing Company #
8/10: Edmonton, Canada - Edmonton Folk Festival @
8/11: Calgary, Canada - The Palace Theatre #
8/13: Billings, MT - Pub Station Ballroom #
8/15: Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue #
8/16: Saint Louis, MO - Delmar Hall #
8/17: Birmingham, AL - Avondale Brewing Co. #
9/15: Nashville, TN - Americana Fest
9/21: Denton, TX - Dan's Silverleaf
9/22: Waco, TX -
Common Grounds
9/23: Amarillo, TX - Hoots
9/28: Houston, TX - The Heights
9/30: San Antonio, TX - Sam's Burger Joint
10/5: Norman, OK - Opolis
10/6: Tulsa, OK - Vanguard
10/7: Fayetteville, AR - Stage 18
10/8: Lexington, KY - Willie's Locally Known
10/11: Vienna, VA - Jammin Java
10/12: New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
10/14: Cambridge, MA - Middle East
10/15: Philadelphia, PA - Boot and Saddle
10/18: Toronto, ON -
Drake Hotel
10/20: Cleveland, OH - Beachland Tavern
10/21: Grand Rapids, MI - Founders Brewing
10/24: Kansas City, MO - Riot Room
10/26: Denver, CO -
Globe Hall
10/31: Spokane, WA - The Bartlett
11/1: Seattle, WA - Tractor Tavern
11/2: Vancouver, BC - Biltmore Cabaret
11/5: Portland, OR - Doug Fir
11/7: San Francisco, CA - Bottom Of The Hill
11/8: Los Angeles, CA - Bootleg Theater
11/9: San Diego, CA - The Casbah
11/10: Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar
11/17: Austin, TX - Mohawk
11/29: St. Louis, MO - Blueberry Hill Duck Room
11/30: Omaha, NE - Slowdown
12/2: Chicago, IL - Schubas
12/5: Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
12/6: Asheville, NC - Isis
12/7: Chattanooga, TN - The Camp House
12/8: Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge
12/9: Atlanta, GA - The Earl
12/13: Tampa, FL - Crowbar
12/15: Tallahassee, FL - The Wilbury
# w/ Shakey Graves
@ w/ City and Colour
