Flatland Calvary fans rejoice, because the boys from Lubbock have a new one on the way called Work of Heart. Featuring 12 new tracks, the album will be issued on the recently-relaunched Lost Highway record label on March 27th. A new song accompanies the announcement called “On And On,” and it’s a killer little country tune (listen below).
Recorded at Matchbox Studios in Austin, Texas where they’ve worked previously, and produced once again by Dwight A. Baker, Flatland Cavalry looked to capture music that defines their signature sound: easy on the ears, but heavy on the heart. Though their center of gravity these days is just as much in Nashville as it is the Lone Star State, they call the new songs “12 West Texas Vignettes.”
Frontman Cleto Cordero once again writes or co-writes every song on the album, with co-writers including producer Dwight Baker, guitarist Reid Dillon, Aaron Raitiere, Jason Nix, Ryan Beaver, Ray Fulcher, and more. The album also features some cool cover art of an anatomical heart made out of patchwork quilt material.
“This album is a collection of songs of life, love, and loss collected over a season of living, learning, and growing,” says Cordero. “My approach has been the same the whole time in the sense of showing up to write a song with all my heart, my mind, and soul. I think music can do that to us. It can force us to be in the present. Our minds, maybe they’re wandering elsewhere, picking up memories and thoughts and bringing them to the forefront with our bodies in the present.”
The album announcement comes as Flatland enjoys some serious momentum. Recently, their single “Never Comin’ Back” also from the album became the 2nd most added song on mainstream country radio. The opening song from the album called “Gone” was released in October.
Along with Cleto Cordero, Flatland Cavalry also features Reid Dillon on guitar, Wesley Hall on fiddle, Jonathan Saenz on bass, Jason Albers on drums, and keyboard/multi-instrumentalist Adam Gallegos.
Work of Heart is now available for pre-order/pre-save.
TRACK LIST:
- Gone (Cleto Cordero, Ryan Beaver, Aaron Eshuis)
- On and On (Cleto Cordero, Ray Fulcher, Cole Taylor)
- Bird’s Eye View (Cleto Cordero, Ryan Beaver, Aaron Eshuis)
- Never Comin’ Back (Cleto Cordero, Luke Laird, Aaron Raitiere)
- Unglued (Cleto Cordero, Dwight Baker)
- Life, Love, and Happiness (Entertainer’s Lament) (Cleto Cordero, Jason Nix)
- Flicker (Cleto Cordero, Jason Albers, Reid Dillon)
- Work of Heart (Cleto Cordero, Clara Calaway)
- Long Goodnight (Cleto Cordero, Rodney Clawson)
- Nightshine (Cleto Cordero, Dwight Baker)
- Real Slow (Cleto Cordero, Dwight Baker, Conner Smith)
- All or Nothing (Cleto Cordero)
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