The project will be released on August 2nd
49 Winchester returns with Leavin’ This Holler on August 2nd via New West Records featuring ten songs co-produced by the band and Stewart Myers. It features appearances by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, singer-songwriter Maggie Antone, fiddler Philip Bowen, and guitarist Cole Chafin. The announcement comes in celebration of 49 Winchester Day — today (Tues, Apr 9th) — in the band’s hometown of Russell County, Virginia.
Leavin’ This Holler is the highly anticipated follow-up to their New West debut Fortune Favors the Bold.
Last October, while standing on stage in front of 20,000 people at London’s 02 Arena, it dawned on 49 Winchester lead singer and guitarist Isaac Gibson that on the same day, exactly 10 years ago, he formed his rising alt-country band. “There’s been nothing in my life that’s ever lasted a decade,” Gibson says. “We had just gotten out of high school when we played our first show — 10 years later, we’re on the road in the UK and Europe with Luke Combs.”
Gibson felt it was a moment where he could honestly reflect on the hard-earned, unrelenting determination and grit within the band that’s brought them to this current juncture of increasing notoriety. “It’s a testament to the uncommon fact that we’re musicians from a very specific place in the world,” Gibson says. “And it’s a testament to viewing each other more as a family than as friends.”
Hailing from the small town of Castlewood, Virginia in Southern Appalachia — a place where opportunity seldom knocks — 49 Winchester came to fruition when Gibson, his childhood best friend, Chase Chafin, and his hometown crony, guitarist Bus Shelton, decided to step off the front porch (on Winchester Street) and take their music to whatever stage would have them.
Now, 49 Winchester shares the album highlight “Yearnin’ For You.” Gibson says, “When I wrote this song, I felt like it really encapsulated what it’s like to be a musician, and more specifically that other side of the coin that fans don’t see as often. The people you miss so badly, the sacrifice that it takes to forge out a living. I think more importantly it’s a love song. It’s about reuniting with the one that holds you down, and how great it is to finally be back where you are loved. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.”
The band also announced their initial tour dates in support of the album. Their worldwide touring features several arena gigs opening for Tyler Childers, a subsequent headlining European tour, and numerous festival slots throughout the rest of the year including their Bonnaroo and CMA Fest debuts, as well as a two-night stand at NYC’s Bowery Ballroom. And, in a highly-anticipated appearance, 49 Winchester will also be headlining the famed Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion in September, a homecoming festival of sorts for the band, who played some of its earliest gigs at the renowned gathering.
Captured in a handful of studios around the country whenever there was a rare moment between relentless touring schedules — the album has 49 Winchester’s signature sounds of rollicking country and searing rock music but with a matured approach this go-around. Leavin’ This Holler offers up a more focused sense of self — a new bountiful level of intent and purpose.
The album will be available across digital platforms, CDs, and numerous limited edition vinyl variants.
1. Favor
2. Hillbilly Happy
3. Yearnin’ For You
4. Make It Count
5. Leavin’ This Holler
6. Fast Asleep
7. Tulsa
8. Rest of My Days
9. Traveling Band
10. Anchor
