The country rocker will headline the World’s Largest Album Release Party in Nashville this fall
Fifteen years after the release of his debut album, multi-platinum country-rock trailblazer Brantley Gilbert knows life has a way of leaving a mark. You can either hide it or embrace it. With his seventh studio album, Tattoos, set for release September 13th via The Valory Music Co., the Georgia native embraces it – inspired by the idea that his tattoos tell a story, just like his songs. And just like his songs, he’ll never hide the truth they reveal.
“All my albums, they capture a chapter of my life,” Gilbert explains. “If somebody wants to know who I am, what I’ve been through and where I stand, they can start at the beginning and listen through, and that’s why it was undeniable that Tattoos should be the title – because my tattoos do the same thing.
“People get ‘em for many reasons, but for most of us, tattoos talk about our victories and losses, our struggles and the whole nine,” he observes. “I was one of those kids who had to learn the hard way. But if I would’ve listened to the advice of others, I don’t know I would have ended up where I am.”
The set features ten songs co-written by Gilbert with a trusted cast of long-time collaborators, the set matches Gilbert’s ink in striking design and depth of meaning. Through flowing curves and jagged lines, shadow and light look back on a life of blue-collar pride and full-throttle rebellion – along with addictive love, abiding faith and blessings beyond what any of us deserve.
With the announcement, Gilbert shares a preview of the forthcoming project with “Me And My House” featuring Struggle Jennings and Demun Jones, a hand-over-heart declaration of purpose and a defiant tip of the hat to the independent country rap world Gilbert has always admired, as each collaborator wrote and performed their verses.
“I believe that all of us are the kings and queens of our own castle, and I would never in a million years tell somebody how to run their home,” shares Gilbert. “It’s just about sharing how we run ours, what home is to us. I think it’s a song people won’t just relate to; I think it’s a song we need.”
In celebration of his new album, Gilbert will headline Brantley Gilbert’s World’s Largest Album Release Party on Broadway in downtown Nashville on Friday, September 13th. The free multi-artist concert is part of Freedom Friday events kicking off the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix weekend. Presented by 1st Phorm Energy, with additional partnership from Rousch, Polaris, and Modern Buggy, the 4th annual Freedom Friday concert honors members of the military, police, Fire, first responders, and frontline heroes. The 160th Special Ops Aviation Regiment will perform a helicopter aerial demonstration and a pre-concert flyover by the 101st Airborne Division.
As lead single “Over When We’re Sober” with Ashley Cooke climbs the charts at country radio after being most added upon its debut, Gilbert’s headlining Off The Rails Tour continues this weekend with stops in Duluth, MN, Council Bluffs, IA, and Goddard, KS.
- Dirty Money featuring Justin Moore (Brantley Gilbert, Josh Phillips)
- Over When We’re Sober with Ashley Cooke (Brantley Gilbert, Brock Berryhill, Jason DeFord, Justin Wilson)
- Tattoos (Brantley Gilbert, Jake Mitchell, Randy Montana, Cole Taylor)
- Gone By Now (Brantley Gilbert, John Byron, Taylor Phillips, Ryan Vojtesak)
- Off The Rails (Brantley Gilbert, Brock Berryhill, Brian Davis, Brandon Day, Chase McGill, Josh Phillips, Taylor Phillips, Michael Ray)
- The Hell That Raised Us (Brantley Gilbert, John Byron, Devin Dawson)
- Me And My House featuring Struggle Jennings and Demun Jones (Brantley Gilbert, Struggle Jennings, Matthew David Jones, Brock Berryhill, John Byron, Blake Pendergrass)
- God Isn’t Country featuring Gary LeVox (Brantley Gilbert, Brock Berryhill, Ned Cameron, Jaxson Free, Jacob Hackworth, Taylor Phillips)
- Out Here (Brantley Gilbert, Brock Berryhill, Gabe Foust, Jaxson Free, Taylor Phillips)
- Miss These Towns (Brantley Gilbert, Brock Berryhill, Jaxson Free, Ashley Gorley, Taylor Phillips)
