New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Chart-topping songwriter and Grammy-nominated artist
David Nail has spent the last decade leaving his unique mark on modern country music. Now he begins a new chapter with his new project called
David Nail and The Well Ravens who will release their debut album Only This and
Nothing More via One Five Sound on
September 14th. The project is Nail's first independent release and finds the charismatic singer reaching a new creative peak with a record that matches his adept melodic chops - as heard on #1 hits like "
Whatever She's Got" and "
Let It Rain" - with atmospheric rock & roll guitars, lush keyboards, drum loops, and rule-breaking arrangements. Today he released the video for his new single "
Heavy" and spoke with Billboard to reveal more details about the new album.
Of the project, Billboard stated "David Nail - who is known as one of the more distinctive talents in
Music City today - returns with one of his most musically adventurous projects yet."
Only This and
Nothing More straddles the boundary between country storytelling, indie rock instrumentation, and southern twang. Nail and The Well Ravens has allowed
David to expand his sound inspired not only by his country roots, but also the reverb-heavy wash of Ryan Adams, the rhythmic punch of the
Black Keys, and the anthemic swell of
Kings of Leon. Billed not as a solo album, but as a collaboration, he enlisted help from two longtime partners; multi-instrumentalist Andrew Petroff and producer Jason Hall.
Over the course of three different recording sessions they created tracks like "Cheatin' on Me," a waltzing ballad that's retro and modern; "Over," a gritty nod to the British Invasion bands of the 1990's; "Heavy," which updates the sounds of the '80's pop/rock for the current decade; and "The Gun," the album's most haunting number, rooted in a fictional story about family violence.
The result is Nail's boldest work to date which Rolling Stone Country recently described as "atmospheric rock sounds that wouldn't be out of place on a late-Nineties
Oasis album." With one foot planted in the organic sound of his country past and the other pointing toward newer territory, he shows off the full range of his abilities. He's a country crooner one moment, an indie rocker the next, and a diversely compelling frontman throughout. Most importantly, he's an artist following his muse, making music without rules or regulations.
Track List:
1) The Gun
2) Come Back Around
3) White Trash Girl
4) Cheating On Me
5) Over
6) Heavy
7) In My Head.
