Nashville rockers Country Westerns have released the exhilarating new track “Money On The Table,” produced by Matt Sweeney and out now via Fat Possum Records along with an official music video (below) directed by Miranda Zipse (Miranda and the Beat). The propulsive single shows that Country Westerns rock the old-school alt-country sound with a middle-finger agenda that seems lost in today’s Lumineers-pollinated Americana world.
Having just wrapped a run of dates supporting indie heroes Titus Andronicus, the band has also announced a new slate of November performances, several of them with kindred spirits Black Lips and Bloodshot Bill. Find the full list of shows below.
“‘No money left on the table’ was Matt Sweeney’s mantra while making our new record,” vocalist Joseph Plunket says about the new track. “Instead of crass commercialism or economic concerns, I took it to mean every song needed to be perfectly minted and we tried to comply. We came in with a lot of material ready to record but I still spent a lot of sleepless nights writing and rewriting between sessions. ‘Money on the Table’ is an ancient riff I’ve been kicking around for a decade-plus but never quite nailed it down.
“After a long day in the studio, I felt something was missing from the record as a whole and I went home, tackled the riff and wrote the lyrics in one sitting. We recorded the next morning in two takes. Even Sweeney agreed there was nothing left on the table.”
