Foo Fightersâ Chris Shiflett
New Album âHard Lessonsâ out June 21st
Single âWelcome To Your First Heartacheâ Out Now
âShiflett flawlessly blends blue-collar country punk with a catchy Bakersfield bounceâŚ(and) crafts a sound that is both geographically grounded and wholly his own.â â Rolling Stone
Chris Shiflettâs new solo album, Hard Lessons, will be released June 21st on East Beach Records & Tapes/Thirty Tigers and is now available for pre-order. Produced by Grammy Award-winning Dave Cobb, the album features ten new songs including single âWelcome To Your First Heartacheâ.
Listen to âWelcome To Your First Heartacheâ HERE
Recorded at Nashvilleâs RCA Studio A, the album features Shiflett on electric guitar and Cobb on acoustic guitar as well as an all-star collection of studio musicians including Chris Powell (Brent Cobb, Jamey Johnson) on drums and percussion, Brian Allen (Jason Isbell, Jamey Johnson) on bass, Michael Webb (Ashley Monroe, Eli Young Band) on keyboards and Paul Franklin (Vince Gill, Dire Straits) on pedal steel and Kristen Rogers (Anderson East, Lori McKenna) on harmony vocals. The album also features a duet with Elizabeth Cook on âThe One You Go Home Toâ and special guest guitarist Laur âLittle Joeâ Joamets on âThis Olâ World.â
Of the album, Shiflett comments, âI remember one night between Foo Fighters gigs last year I went out for dinner with Dave Cobb to chit chat about making this record. He said he had a vision of me playing through an old Marshall JCM-800. So, when it came time to record, we found one on Craigslist, cranked it up and it was perfect.â Chris continues: âI think this record hits a little closer to mixing everywhere Iâve been musically into one big blender and comes out something a little different. Since it was my second time working with Cobb and Co. out there at RCA Studio A, I kind of knew what to expect as far as his process, so I intentionally didnât overthink or over-demo the songs because I didnât want to get too stuck on any ideas I brought with me. I couldnât be more excited about the results.â
P.T.O. For tracklisting and more info
Hard Lessons is Shiflettâs fourth solo album and the second in collaboration with Cobb who produced 2017âs widely praised West Coast Town.
HARD LESSONS TRACK LIST
- Liarâs Word
- This Olâ World
- Welcome To Your First Heartache
- The Hardest Lessons
- The One You Go Home To (feat. Elizabeth Cook)
- Foolâs Gold
- I Thought Youâd Never Leave
- Weak Heart
- Marfa On My Mind
- Leaving Again
Ahead of the release, each digital pre-order comes with an immediate download of âWelcome To Your First Heartacheâ as well as the album track âThis Olâ Worldâ.
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