The Womack Sisters Announce Self-Titled Debut on Daptone, Share Video for “Chauffeur”

The Womack Sisters’ self-titled debut album is due out on Daptone Records on August 14th. The trio today has also shared the release of their debut single “Chauffeur” and accompanying music video, which can be seen/heard below. Preceding the album announcement was “You Went Away Too Long,” which arrived around the news that The Womack Sisters would join Thee Sacred Souls and LA LOM for their ambitious summer amphitheater run, The Constellation Tour. On release day, the sisters will also play a special show with Al Green at the Hollywood Bowl.

On “Chauffeur,” Zeimani, BG, and Kucha recount the trials and tribulations they each faced while trying to make rent as Uber drivers. In their respective verses, they recount the hustle required to make ends meet while having greater ambitions, and grapple with the futility of trying to stack meager fares into rent money: How many miles do I have to burn? How many corners do I have to turn? …Just to keep my place? There are no flowery metaphors here. This song is about the real struggles people are facing to survive everyday. The raw emotion in the Sisters’ pleas is matched note for note by the orchestration: the seething fury of the brass, the pleading desperation of the strings, and the endlessly driving swagger of the rhythm section. A discerning ear may even decipher the actual car horns blasting behind the blinding rage of the backgrounds’ refrain: Drive!

“’Chauffeur’  is about the hustle of life that we all are in – the day to day, trying to survive, and looking forward to your day in the sun,” says Zeimani. “It’s a song for the underdogs, and the encouragement to keep pushing. Things can be rough and get a little rocky, but as long as you have the faith, you will make it.”

May 21 / London, UK – Jazz Cafe

May 24 / London, UK – Cross the Tracks

Aug 1-2 / Happy Valley, OR – Pickathon

Aug 4 / Calgary, ALB – Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium^

Aug 8 / Carnation, WA – Remlinger Farms*

Aug 9 / Vancouver, BC – Freedom Mobile Arch*

Aug 11 / Forest Grove, OR – McMenamins Grand Lodge Concerts at The Grove*

Aug 12 / Bend, OR – Hayden Homes Amp*

Aug 14 / Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl~

Aug 15 / Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre*

Aug 16 / Fresno, CA – Save Mart Center at Fresno State*

Aug 18 / Salt Lake City, UT – Beddy’s Plaza at America First Field*

Aug 20 / Denver, CO – Junkyard*

Aug 21 / Dillon, CO – Dillon Amphitheater*

Aug 22 / Taos, NM – Red Willow Park*

Aug 25 / El Paso, TX – El Paso County Coliseum*

Aug 26 / Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre*

Aug 28 / San Diego, CA – Gallagher Square at PetCo Park*

Sep 10 / San Antonio, TX – Freeman Coliseum*

Sep 11 / Houston, TX – 713 Music Hall*

Sep 12 / Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory*

Sep 15 / Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy*

Sep 17 / Vienna, VA – Filene Center at WolfTrap*

Sep 18 / Boston, MA – Leader Bank Pavilion*

Sep 20 / Toronto, ON – RBC Amphitheatre*

Sep 22 / Baltimore, MD – Pier Six Pavilion*

Sep 23 /  Cincinnati, OH – The Andrew J Brady Music Center*

Sep 26 / Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed Fairgrounds*

^with Thee Sacred Souls

*The Constellation Tour with Thee Sacred Souls & LA LOM

~with Al Green