SMITH & MYERS announce new album

Today, SMITH & MYERS, the duo comprising multi-platinum artists Brent Smith and Zach Myers (one half of Shinedown) – have released two new tracks from their forthcoming full-length album, Smith & Myers Volume 1, out 9th October via Atlantic Records, alongside a brand new music video.

‘Not Mad Enough’ was written in the immediate aftermath of George Floyd’s death, expressing the intense emotions that followed and lay bare a plea for racial justice through direct, urgent lyrics over acoustic guitar. The song is paired with the release of the duo’s poignant take on ‘Rockin’ In The Free World,’ highlighting that Neil Young’s timeless lyrics are just as relevant today. Click HERE to listen to ‘Not Mad Enough’ and HERE to listen to ‘Rockin’ In The Free World.’ You can check out the video, directed by Paris Visone above.

With two hearts and one truth, lifelong musicians, long standing friends and eternal brothers, Brent Smith and Zach Myers put forth a body of work encompassing vulnerability, fearlessness, honesty, outrage, love and understanding. Smith & Myers Volume 1, produced by GRAMMY Award-winner and longtime collaborator Dave Bassett, is the duo’s first full-length album and first original music since releasing a pair of acoustic cover EPs, Acoustic Sessions, Part 1 and Acoustic Sessions, Part 2, in 2014 when fans first fell in the love with the magic that is created between Brent and Zach in the studio and on stage, leading to SMITH & MYERS live shows that sold out instantly. With no boundaries on what their songwriting could discuss on the new album, Brent and Zach touch on a range of subject, including personal topics they’ve left largely unexplored until now, to commentary on children being ripped from their parents at the border, to the reactive nature of social media, to our national reckoning with racial and systemic injustice – focusing not on politics, but on right and wrong and our connection as human beings.

SMITH & MYERS are set to bring their powerful live performance to a string of drive-in concert locations around Pennsylvania, PA, including Philadelphia’s Citizens Bank Park Parking Lot on September 3rd, Scranton’s Circle Drive-In on September 18th, and Butler’s Starlight Drive-In on September 19th. For tickets and more information, please visit smithandmyersmusic.com.

Smith & Myers Track Listing:

1. Not Mad Enough
2. Rockin’ In The Free World
3. The Weight of It All
4. Better Now
5. Panic
6. Never Tear Us Apart
7. Coast To Coast
8. Valerie
9. Since You Were Mine
10. Unchained Melody

Connect with Smith & Myers here.

Header image – Paris Visone

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