“Here’s to You” is the rising duo’s latest single
Quartz Hill Records’ newest signing, soulful country-pop duo 2 Lane Summer, releases “Here’s to You,” a summer-party-time toast to our sometimes-forgotten small-town Americans. The infectious, sing-along track is available now across all digital retail and streaming partners.
Best known for their heartfelt romantic ballads, culminating in the release of debut EP The Love Songs, 2 Lane Summer’s Joe Hanson and Chris Ray pick up the tempo when raising a glass in “Here’s to You.” But while the duo might be pushing pause on their love songs era, “Here’s to You” still tips a cowboy hat To the hometown country girls / Makin’ our world spin around.
At the same time, though, this uptempo pop-rocker with a jangly, electric-guitar-driven chorus is all about celebrating work-hard, play-hard country guys.
“We wanted to put out a song for all the hard-working, blue-collar people – to let them know we’re right there with you,” says Ray. “When we’ve played the song live, the response we got from the crowd was incredible. People were raising their drinks up, and singing ‘Here’s to You’ with us, which was really cool to see.”
“It just kind of turned the atmosphere into a party and really unified everybody together to celebrate the country men and women who make the world go ’round,” adds Hanson. “I love that ‘Here’s to You’ honors the people who don’t usually get all the attention and the accolades.”
“Here’s to You” was penned by hit songwriter Ash Bowers (Matt Stell’s multi-platinum No. 1 “Prayed for You”) alongside Johnny Dailey, and Jaron Boyer (Dierks Bentley’s multi-Platinum smash “Somewhere on a Beach”). Bowers also produced the track.
2 Lane Summer returned to Nashville this week after an epic two-week road trip from Tennessee to California and back. The duo traveled along iconic American two-lane roads, including Route 66 and, made famous by the 1994 Oscar-winning film Forrest Gump, U.S. Route 163. The road trip took Hanson and Ray through nine states – Tennessee, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Wyoming, South Dakota and Missouri – where they met many of the small-town Americans who are celebrated in “Here’s to You.” The duo also published a series of travel vlogs on 2 Lane Summer’s YouTube channel.
With smooth vocal harmonies, 2 Lane Summer has amassed a fast-growing fan base, including more than 460,000 social media followers. Signing with Quartz Hill Records in January and releasing debut EP The Love Songs in March, 2 Lane Summer boasts a music catalog that has earned nearly nine million total streams.
