JAMESTOWN REVIVAL’S “HARDER WAY”
PREMIERES AT THE BLUEGRASS SITUATION
NEW ALBUM SAN ISABEL OUT JUNE 14
2019 HEADLINE TOUR CONFIRMED
Jamestown Revival’s new song, “Harder Way,” premiered yesterday at The Bluegrass Situation. Listen/share HERE. Of the track, band member Jonathan Clay shares, “This song is about feeling isolated in a room full of people. It’s about missing your three year-old son when you’re on a month-long tour. It’s about the cost of achieving your dreams and the bittersweet reality that exists throughout the journey. Its not a gripe; just a peek into our heads when the show’s over, the lights are out and we crawl back into our bunks—missing home.”
The song comes from Jamestown Revival’s highly anticipated new album, San Isabel, which will be released June 14 on Thirty Tigers. Exclusive merch bundles and other pre-orders are available here. Each digital pre-order comes with an immediate download of three album tracks: “Harder Way,” “Crazy World (Judgement Day)” and “This Too Shall Pass.” Of “This Too Shall Pass,” Rolling Stone praises, “…bright harmonies and loping guitar patterns…an optimistic track that splits the difference between modern-day Americana and old-school folk.”Watch an acoustic performance video of the song, featuring band members Clay and Zach Chance, HERE.
Co-produced by Jamestown Revival and Jamie Mefford (Nathaniel Rateliff, Gregory Alan Isakov), the album was recorded at Ward Lodge Studios overlooking the San Isabel National Forest in Buena Vista, Colorado and includes 10 new songs co-written by Clay and Chance as well as a rendition of The Mama & The Papas’ 1965 classic, “California Dreamin’.” In addition to Clay (vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, harmonica, banjo, steel guitar, bass), Chance (vocals, acoustic guitar) and Mefford (juno, acoustic guitar, banjo, background vocals), San Isabel also features Nick Bearden (bass guitar), Ed Benrock (drums, percussion, background vocals), Psyche Dunkhase (cello), John Gringsby (bass), Dan Reckard (wurlitzer, organ, piano, accordion) and Rachel Sliker (violin, viola).
Of the inspiration behind the album, Clay comments, “We wrote this record with sort of an overarching theme, which is cutting out the noise for a minute and maybe stepping away from social media, from the internet and from the complicated, busy nature of most of our lives—and focusing on existing for a minute. If this record inspires people to do a little bit of that, then we would be really happy with that result.”
In celebration of the release, the band will embark on an extensive headline tour this spring kicking off at Houston’s Heights Theatre on April 28. Additional dates include already sold-out shows at West Hollywood’s Troubadour (three nights, two sold-out), New York’s Bowery Ballroom, Boston’s Brighton Music Hall and San Francisco’s Independent as well as stops at Nashville’s Basement East, Chicago’s Lincoln Hall, Atlanta’s Terminal West, Washington D.C.’sSixth & I Historic Synagogue and Austin’s Scoot Inn among several others. Tickets are on-sale now via https://jamestownrevival.com/tour/.
Photo credit: Paul Pryor
The release of San Isabel follows a series of breakout years for Jamestown Revival. After meeting as teenagers in the small town of Magnolia, TX, Clay and Chance went on to self-release their debut album, Utah, in 2014 followed by their acclaimed 2016 album, The Education of a Wandering Man. Of the Austin-based pair, Consequence of Sound declares, “…one of the country’s preeminent Americana duos,” while CMT praises, “…an eclectic style of alt country for hearts who live to ramble.” Building a fan base through grassroots support, Jamestown Revival has toured relentlessly over the past four years, performing at iconic venues from the Ryman Auditorium to Red Rocks Amphitheater as well as countless festivals such as Coachella, Austin City Limits, Stagecoach, Willie Nelson’s Fourth of July Picnic and more.
SAN ISABEL TRACK LIST
1. Crazy World (Judgement Day)
2. This Too Shall Pass
3. Killing You, Killing Me
4. Who Hung The Moon
5. Harder Way
6. Round Prairie Road
7. Mayday Man
8. California Dreamin’
9. Something That You Know
10. Mountain Preamble
11. Winter’s Lament
August 11—St. Louis, MO—Delmar Hall
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