New York, NY (Top40 Charts) With early praise coming in from THE DELI NASHVILLE and GlideMagazine.com, THE VEGABONDS have released an urgent and fiery new single, "Best I Can," to set up their new album, V, out January 18. It marks their first album by the Nashville-based alternative southern rock band for Blue Élan Records (and fifth overall). Listen to "Best I Can" here.
Upon its January 4th release, "Best I Can" was added to four playlists at Spotify ("All New Rock" in the U.S. plus three international playlists) where the group has 60,000 monthly listeners and amassed over four million total Spotify streams. V's first three singles-"I Ain't Having It," "Everything I Need" and "Partyin' With Strangers"-currently total over 265,000 Spotify streams.
On the live front, THE VEGABONDS have added more dates to their "Southbound & Down" tour launching January 10 (*see the dates below). The band is celebrating a decade of making music together and have logged over 1,000 live shows.
THE VEGABONDS — EARLY PRAISE:
"Their upcoming fifth album, titled V, showcases the latest iteration of their sound with tracks blending folk, country, rock & roll, and pop hooks, as well as the catchy wordsmithing of songwriter
Daniel Allen. Fans of
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, the Allman Brothers, or Springsteen will rave about V, which comes out on January 18." - Will Sisskind, THE DELI NASHVILLE, December 13, 2019
"The Vegabonds soar with catchy, desert-tinged rocker 'Everything I Need'…one of the standout tracks on the upcoming album. The song takes on a sort of desert meets surf rock vibe and the band spaces out with psychedelic instrumentals and an insanely catchy chorus. The song is vaguely reminiscent of
Tom Petty and even
Chris Isaak but with a tinge of Southern boogie. There's also a fiery guitar solo that leads into a spacier, slower groove and captures the depth of what The Vegabonds are truly capable of."
—GlideMagazine.com, December 7, 2018
V highlights the best of THE VEGABONDS' musicianship, vocals, lyrics and collective sound, illustrating their contagious blend of Americana, country, and rock influences. The album was produced by Tom Tapley, who did the same honors for the band's critically acclaimed album What We're Made Of and the "Long Haired Country Boy" single, in addition to producing albums for such diverse artists as Blackberry Smoke, Sugarland,
Tyler Farr and Mastodon. The band is fronted by lead vocalist and songwriter
Daniel Allen, with Richard Forehand (lead guitar/vocals), Paul Bruens (bass), Beau
Cooper (keys/vocals), and Bryan Harris (drums) rounding out the quintet.
Catch The Vegabonds' "Southbound & Down" Tour:
THU 1/10 St Augustine, FL Prohibition Kitchen
FRI 1/11 Tampa, FL Seminole Casino Hard Rock Cafe
SAT 1/12 Boca Raton, FL Funky Biscuit *
SUN 1/13 Boca Raton, FL Funky Biscuit *
MON 1/14 West Palm Beach, FL E.R. Bradley's Saloon
WED 1/16 Jupiter, FL Guanabanas
FRI 1/18 Jacksonville, FL 1904
SAT 1/19 Valdosta, GA Bluewater Bar & Grill
SAT 1/26 Tallahassee, FL Maclay Gardens
State Park
THU 1/31 Statesboro, GA Blue Room
FRI 2/1 Milledgeville, GA The Tavern
FRI 2/8 Jackson, MS Duling Hall
SAT 2/9 Chattanooga, TN JJ's Bohemia
FRI 2/22 Harrisonburg, VA Clementine Café
SAT 2/23 Blacksburg, VA Sycamore Deli
THU 3/28 Greenville, SC Downtown Alive Series
FRI 3/29 Isle of Palms, SC The Windjammer
THU 5/16 San Antonio, TX The Rustic
FRI 5/17 Houston, TX The Rustic
SAT 5/18 Dallas, TX The Rustic
SAT 6/22 Charlotte, NC River Jam at US
National Whitewater Center
