The album is due on May 30th via BMLG
Grammy Award nominated singer/songwriter Ryan Hurd prepares his Midwest Rock & Roll encore with the announcement of Midwest Rock & Roll (Deluxe), out May 30th via Big Machine Records. The deluxe album was recorded at the iconic Abbey Road Studios in London earlier this year and features a new original song with rising country singer Carter Faith (“JP’s Hard Luck Diner, Permanently Closed”), a reimagined version of the fan-favorite track “Paul.,” and two Paul McCartney-inspired covers – The Beatles’ “In My Life” and Paul McCartney and Wings’ “Let Me Roll it.” Building on the introspective, Midwestern-inspired coming-of-age backdrop established in the original 12-track album, Midwest Rock & Roll (Deluxe) adds more melancholy, gray imagery and country grunge-forward reflection to the Aaron Eshuis-produced project.
“Midwest Rock & Roll has been such a special project for me, and I wasn’t ready to close the door on that chapter just yet,” shares Hurd. “I’m excited to release the deluxe record featuring four new songs, all of which I recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London.”
Ryan Hurd’s Paul McCartney-inspired track “Paul.” takes on new meaning in “Paul. (London Sessions),” out now. The song is infused with the kind of magic that can only be bottled when the stars align for Hurd to sing an ode to his hero in the very studio where McCartney recorded songs that inspired Hurd to pursue music himself. A play-by-play account of the time Hurd met McCartney at a Grammy afterparty written alongside Summer Overstreet and Jordan Reynolds, the song has never felt more alive, carrying the weight of the invisible string that connects the two musicians with meaning and grace.
Midwest Rock & Roll was released on March 21st. Injecting vivid stories of Rust Belt rebellion and romantic wreckage with a gut punch of country grunge, the 12 tracks co-written by Hurd and produced by Aaron Eshuis find the Kalamazoo, Michigan native standing tall as a power chord-purist who’s still very much in love with the place that made him. His first full-length project since 2021’s Pelago, Hurd shares a vivid sonic timestamp of his own coming of age with the edgy, soul-baring confessions of Midwest Rock & Roll.
1. Midwest Rock & Roll (Ryan Hurd, Mark Holman, Randy Montana)
2. Single In The Same Town (Ryan Hurd, Brinley Addington, Aaron Eshuis)
3. Die For It (Ryan Hurd, Mark Holman, Randy Montana)
4. Lighthouse (Ryan Hurd, Aaron Eshuis, Mark Holman)
5. This Party Sucks (Ryan Hurd, Brinley Addington, Ryan Beaver, David Garcia)
6. Youth (Ryan Hurd, Aaron Eshuis, Joey Hyde, Matt McGinn)
7. All Night Long Days (Ryan Hurd, Aaron Eshuis, Joey Hyde, Matt McGinn)
8. Funerals (Ryan Hurd, Mark Holman, Randy Montana)
9. California 1972 (Ryan Hurd, Ryan Beaver, Joe Clemmons, Aaron Eshuis)
10. Go To Bed Sober featuring Sasha Alex Sloan (Ryan Hurd, Sasha Alex Sloan, King Henry)
11. Paul. (Ryan Hurd, Summer Overstreet, Jordan Reynolds)
12. The Last Song I’ll Ever Write (Ryan Hurd, Joe Clemmons, Dave Cohen, Aaron Eshuis)
13. Paul. (London Sessions) (Ryan Hurd, Summer Overstreet, Jordan Reynolds)
14. JP’s Hard Luck Diner, Permanently Closed (London Sessions) featuring Carter Faith (Ryan Hurd, Tofer Brown, Carter Faith)
15. In My Life (London Sessions) (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
16. Let Me Roll It (London Sessions) (Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney)
