When singer/songwriter Zane Williams, guitarist Paul Eason, bassist Sean Rodriguez, multi-instrumentalist Andy Rogers, and drummer Lyndon Hughes first shaped The Wilder Blue in 2020 (initially known as ‘Hill Nation‘), some questioned after they have been labeled a “supergroup.”
Few if anybody questions that anymore, particularly anybody who’s ever been within the viewers of certainly one of their exhibits. These dudes have extra expertise per sq. inch than maybe every other outfit on the market rolling down the highway. A couple of years in the past they have been Texas music’s greatest stored secret. Now The Wilder Blue is turning into like the subsequent technology’s model of The Eagles with their unimaginable harmonies and nation rock sound.
Luke Combs is aware of this. That’s the reason he booked him as an opener on his large tour and appeared on their final album. In 2024, The Wilder Blue signed up with a giant touring company (WME), and signed a giant administration deal. However they’ve resisted signing to a label, wanting to maintain all of the management of the music unbiased and in-house. Now by means of fan-funded efforts, they’re readying the discharge of their new album Nonetheless In The Runnin’ for March 14th.
“The rationale we picked ‘Nonetheless In The Runnin” because the title, I feel it’s descriptor for the place we’re at in our profession, which is to say we’ve nonetheless bought a protracted methods to go and we’re nonetheless difficult ourselves,” Zane Williams says. “After I take into consideration this album, it’s fan-funded and self-produced. We recorded it in three totally different studios everywhere in the nation, California, Texas, and North Carolina whereas we have been crisscrossing the nation on tour in 30 totally different states.”
Zane Williams penned the 9 songs on Nonetheless In The Runnin‘ whereas driving the band’s tour bus. Although The Wilder Blue are most likely value categorizing as nation greater than the rest, with sturdy basic rock vibes and a number of different influences, you by no means know what you’re gonna get. “It’s virtually like listening to a mixtape,” Zane Williams says.
The title monitor to the album was launched in 2024, and so they’ve simply launched a dwell recording from Purple Rocks of the music, which finds a little bit of a ’70s nation soul vibe.
Nonetheless In The Runnin‘ is now out there for pre-save.
