Jay Buchanan, frontman of the Grammy-nominated rock group Rival Sons, will release his long-awaited debut solo album, Weapons of Beauty, on February 6 on Sacred Tongue Records via Thirty Tigers. The album will be available in a variety of formats, including limited-edition autographed color vinyl and CD, exclusively through Sacred Tongue / Second Sun. Pre-save/pre-order HERE.
In advance of the release, Buchanan has shared a new song, “Caroline.” Check out the spirited new single below that sees the singer falling into immersive, introspective Americana, in the footsteps of Jason Isbell and Gregory Alan Isakov.
“I suppose that writing about unquenchable grief allows you a kind of permission to pay respect to those deep chasms in your life without wallowing in them,” Buchanan shares of the track. “Putting it in a song lets you buy the ticket and take the ride and then move on.”
Produced by longtime collaborator and Grammy Award-winner Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell) and written in the solitude of an underground bunker deep in the Mojave Desert, Weapons of Beauty is the result of months of reflection and experimentation—an unfiltered 10-song collection that captures Buchanan’s raw vocals and lived-in storytelling.
Reflecting on the project, Buchanan shares, “As music continues to be choked out by technology, I wanted to draw pictures in the dirt. This approach is right with me and I’ve just come to a point where there is no longer a choice. Weapons Of Beauty is the sound of these plates shifting within me, too loud to ignore. Surprisingly, I’ve never known a vulnerability to feel so empowering.”
Additionally, Cobb reflects, “I think this record is like seeing into the heart of Jay, no filter, no noise, just pure raw emotion.”
WEAPONS OF BEAUTY TRACKLIST
- Caroline
- High And Lonesome
- True Black
- Tumbleweeds
- Shower of Roses
- Deep Swimming
- Sway
- The Great Divide
- Dance Me to the End of Love
- Weapons of Beauty
