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 "Watching From A Distance," the first song to be released from the forthcoming album.
"Most times, when a relationship ends, there is a season of mourning but then the clouds part, the sun rises, and we move on. What happens if and when the sun doesn't rise? What happens if, no matter how hard we try, we can't move on?," Ramirez explained about the song.
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 "He's built on the folksy sound of his past and emerged with a new album that moves toward midnight Americana during one of the darkest nights of his country's soul — and the resulting record is a collection of sad-eyed songs that are uplifting in their honesty, courage, and tenderness. This time, all the stories are true, and that's part of their staying power."
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, with additional dates to be announced later this year.
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:
6/23: Austin, TX - Hogg Auditorium
6/25: Novato, CA - Hopmonk Tavern
6/26: San Francisco, CA - KC Turner Concert Series
6/29: Oklahoma City, OK - Tower Theatre Studio Series
7/3: Brighton, UK - The
Prince Albert *
7/4: Manchester, UK - The Deaf
Institute *
7/6: Glasgow, UK -
Stereo *
7/7: Newcastle, UK - Think Tank? Underground *
7/8: Birmingham, UK - Actress & Bishop *
7/9: Nottingham, UK - The Bodega *
7/11: St. Albans, UK - The Horn *
7/12: London, UK - The Old Blue Last *
7/13: London, UK - The Garage ^
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
9/28: Houston, TX - The Heights
9/30: San Antonio, TX - Sam's Burger Joint
* w/ Matthew Logan Vasquez
^ w/ Will Hoge
# w/ Shakey Graves
@ w/ City and Colour
