Old 97’s announce new album 'American Primitive,' release new single "Where The Road Goes"
Alt-country band Old 97’s have finally unveiled details on their forthcoming studio album.
Announced today, American Primitive will be released on April 5 via ATO Records. The 13-track album was produced by Tucker Martine (My Morning Jacket, The Decemberists, Neko Case), and it includes guest musicians Peter Buck of R.E.M. and Scott McCaughey of The Young Fresh Fellows and The Minus 5. The album’s artwork was done by Tex Hammond, who is the 17-year-old son of Old 97’s bassist Murry Hammond.
Singer Rhett Miller said this about the album:
“This was the first record we’ve ever done with zero pre-production. It’s us working completely on instinct, leaning on 30 years of playing together to come up with something on the fly rather than overthinking any of our choices.”
A new single from the record titled "Where The Road Goes" comes with a music video directed by James Hyland, Alex Young, and Myles Flusser. Miller said this about the new song, which includes Peter Buck on guitar:
“I was in Montana and found myself on the banks of the Blackfoot River, watching the water pounding with a ferocious power, and I started building this song as a statement of gratitude for having survived this long. It revisits some of the darkest moments of my life, including a suicide attempt at age 14 that by all rights I shouldn’t have lived through and yet somehow did. In a way it’s like a spiritual travelogue that rolls back through all the places that shaped me for better or worse, and ends up in this beautiful place that I felt so thankful to experience.”
Pre-orders for American Primitive can be made here. Old 97’s will support the record with a West Coast trek this April. Tour dates can be seen below. Tickets are on sale to the general public right now here.
American Primitive tracklisting:
1) Falling Down
2) Somebody
3) American Primitive
4) Where The Road Goes
5) Honeypie
6) By The End Of The Night
7) Masterpiece
8) Incantation
9) Magic
10) Western Stars
11) Chased The Setting Sun
12) This World
13) Estuviera Cayendo
Old 97’s tour dates
4/3 – Santa Fe, NM – Tumbleroot Brewery
4/4 – Tucson, AZ – Hotel Congress
4/5 – Pioneertown, CA – Pappy and Harriet's Pioneertown Palace
4/6 – Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda Theatre
4/7 – Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up
4/8 – Morro Bay, CA – The Siren
4/9 – Roseville, CA – Goldfield Trading Post
4/11 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
4/12 – Bend, OR – Domino Room
4/13 – Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater
4/14 –Seattle, WA – The Showbox
4/16 – Missoula, MT – The Wilma
4/17 – Bozeman, MT – The ELM
4/18 – Billings, MT – Pub Station - Ballroom
4/19 – Laramie, WY – Gryphon Theatre
4/20 – Englewood, CO – Gothic Theatre
4/21 – Jackson, WY – Jackson Hole Center for the Arts – Center Theater