Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Zac Brown Band Readies New Album, 'Welcome Home' Due In May

The Zac Brown Band have recently announced the release of their fifth studio album (twelfth overall), Welcome Home to be released May 12th, 2017. The album will be the group's followup to their 2015 album, Jekyll + Hyde. 

Not too much is known about the project thus far other than the lead single being "My Old Man" (impacting immediately at radio, as well as being available to hear this Friday). In addition, the project is also the band's promise to return to their older sound after their experimental trip with Jekyll + Hyde. If you go on the group's official Twitter account, you can hear a sample of what is presumably either their new single or a cut from the new project.



Personally, I'm hoping that we get an improvement in the band's songwriting this go around. I know they received backlash for departing from their core sound on their last album, but my big disappointment was with the band's lyricism feeling too light and underwritten at times, save for cuts like "Heavy Is The Head", "Bittersweet" and a few others. The clip sounds good though, so I guess we'll see. Meanwhile, the band has also announced a new tour to commence on May 12, the same day as the album release.

I'm certainly intrigued to hear the new material, how about you?

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