Okay, this is just not a drill: HARDY is heading again to the dust roads and duck blinds with a full-blown return to nation music, and y’all… he’s doing it in camo.
After dabbling within the rock world (and incomes some severe metalhead cred with QUIT!!), the Mississippi-born hitmaker is buying and selling distortion for dobro on his newly introduced album COUNTRY! COUNTRY!, set to drop September 26 through Massive Loud Information.
The announcement got here with a teaser of his newest single, “Bottomland”, and now that it’s formally out, we are able to verify—it’s received that fresh-country edge HARDY followers have been craving. With nods to his backwoods upbringing, a shoutout to Mossy Oak camo, and lyrics that wrap round his Southern roots like a superb looking jacket, this music would possibly simply be the anthem of his reentry into the style.
“This Is What Makes HARDY, HARDY”
In response to HARDY himself, this document is a celebration of every part that makes him him—from the muddy roads of Philadelphia, Mississippi to his love of songwriting together with his Nashville crew. He describes COUNTRY! COUNTRY! as a “refreshed” tackle the style, laced with reflections on youth, Southern pleasure, and even a little bit side-eye on the state of mainstream nation music.
And if the identify sounds acquainted, it ought to—HARDY dropped the COUNTRY! EP earlier this 12 months with 5 stripped-back tracks that hinted he wasn’t performed together with his roots simply but. Now, the full-length undertaking builds on that momentum with songs that discover each grit and beauty.
From the Opry to the Backyard
It’s been a whirlwind 12 months for HARDY, and he’s not slowing down. He’s at the moment crisscrossing the nation on his JIM BOB World Tour, with competition and headline stops that embrace his first-ever present at Madison Sq. Backyard on September 24, simply two days earlier than the brand new album drops.
That’s not all—he made his Grand Ole Opry debut earlier this 12 months (with none apart from Metallica’s James Hetfield within the crowd), dominated late-night TV, racked up 16 No. 1s, and blew previous 6 billion profession streams. Informal.
“Bottomland” Is Simply the Starting
The brand new single, “Bottomland,” is already shaping as much as be a fan favourite—and if it’s any indication of the remainder of the album, HARDY’s about to ship a document that’s simply as rowdy as it’s reflective.
Whether or not you’re Group Mockingbird, Group Crow, or someplace within the center, COUNTRY! COUNTRY! sounds prefer it’s about to be essentially the most HARDY factor HARDY’s ever performed.
Wish to be the primary to listen to it stay? Go to hardyofficial.com/tour to snag tickets for upcoming tour dates, together with that Madison Sq. Backyard blowout. And don’t neglect to pre-save the album now so that you’re prepared when it hits September 26.
