Bentley films a one-take video performance on his Tennessee farm at sunrise
Dierks Bentley offers “Standing in the Sun,” the latest from his forthcoming Broken Branches album, due on June 13th via Capitol Nashville. Written by Kyle Sturrock, the track opens with a sparse guitar while Bentley’s signature gravel grounds the lyrics building into a full blown effort laced with emotion and gratitude. Bentley recently captured a single video take of the track just as the sun rose over his farm just outside of Nashville.
“This is one of those songs that I never in a million years could have written on my own, but I’m so glad someone in this town did and gave me temporary custody of it for awhile,” states Bentley. “Love is such a classic theme in country music, but Kyle was able to write it in a way that is so personal to me…it’s the way I feel it. And, I love how sonically it builds to feel like a sunrise, tying back to the lyric of the song.”
Broken Branches marks Bentley’s 11th studio album and fittingly features 11 new tracks, including the already Top 30 lead single “She Hates Me.” Bentley whittled down his essential sound to its rooted and most resolute. The album finds a proud broken branch celebrating the outliers of country life – and of country music – embracing unruly characters wherever they’re found, ultimately adding beauty to the whole. It includes collaborations with Miranda Lambert, John Anderson, Riley Green and Stephen Wilson Jr.
To celebrate the new album, Bentley is bringing new and old fan favorites to the road this summer on the 2025 Broken Branches Tour. Kicking off May 29th in Austin, Texas, he will be joined by rising country star Zach Top and new Warner Music duo The Band Loula.
