Song is latest from forthcoming Tornillo album
Whiskey Myers has unveiled “Antioch,” the latest offering from its forthcoming self-produced sixth studio album, Tornillo. The project is set for release on July 29th via the band’s own Wiggy Thump Records with distribution by Thirty Tigers.
Carrying forward the horns and gospel-tinged background vocals first introduced with lead single “John Wayne,” “Antioch” offers yet another peek at the music to come on this summer’s full-length project.
Written solo by lead singer Cody Cannon, the heavy lyrics paired with a pulsing rhythm and fuzzed-out vocals on the four-minute rocker chronicle a young man’s journey through life anchored by growing up in an abusive home; from joining the military to getting in trouble with the law, all as he reckons with his violent paternal heritage:
“I hate him so much even though I bear his name/I can’t take him right now but one day that’s gonna change/When I get grown/’Cause Mama don’t cry when Daddy’s gone.”
Tornillo offers the next chapter for the six-piece band that recorded the project 21 days in isolation at the 2,300-acre Sonic Ranch studio deep in the heart of their native Texas, just miles from the US/Mexico border.
That onstage presence will be on full display as the Tornillo Tour launches next month, running through the summer with numerous already sold out stops, including the band’s debut at the famed Red Rocks Amphitheater, which sold out within a day of going on sale to the public. Whiskey Myers will also make their debut at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival this summer before hosting the return of their personally curated Firewater Music Festival, taking place September 29th through October 1st outside Kansas City.
The band has also been prominently featured through Yellowstone‘s four seasons on Paramount Network.
