JAKE BUGG’s NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO “HOW SOON THE DAWN” DROPS TODAY VIA ISLAND RECORDS!

Jake Bugg releases his stunning new album HEARTS THAT STRAIN , September 1st on Island Records available for pre-order now HERE.  The first taste of which is the breezy single “How Soon The Dawn,” a collaboration with Dan Auerbach.  Watch the video HERE.

HEARTS THAT STRAIN was produced by David Ferguson, who shared this year’s Best Country Album Grammy Award® for Sturgill Simpson’s A Sailor’s Guide To Earth.  Ferguson was aided on HEARTS THAT STRAIN  by guitarist Matt Sweeney, who collaborated on Jake’s 2013 album, Shangri La, produced by Rick Rubin.  Guest vocalist on “Waiting” is Noah Cyrus, daughter of Billy Ray (who is a big fan and asked for the collaboration) and sister of Miley.

Musicians on HEARTS THAT STRAIN  include Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys, whom Jake befriended whilst he was supporting the band on tour.  Alongside the single Dan also played on shuffling rockabilly get-down “I Can Burn Alone” and “In The Event Of My Demise”. Also on board are two of the veteran Memphis Boys, keyboardist Bobby Wood and drummer Gene Chrisman, who have played on thousands of sessions going back to Elvis Presley (“In the Ghetto,” “Suspicious Minds”), Dusty Springfield (“Son Of a Preacher Man”), and countless others.   

“They’re old guys but they’re amazing,” Jake says. “It was ten to five and then that’s it. They'd pack up and we’d done two or three tunes. It was a mad vibe being from England and meeting these absolute legends and then cutting some tracks with them.”

As ever, Jake’s writing and singing shine on Hearts That Strain.

There’s a common thread running through its 11 songs, each one a gem waiting to be discovered.

Jake (now 23) was 18 years old when he became the youngest male artist in UK chart history to debut at #1 with his first album, Jake Bugg.  Released on Island U.S. in April 2013, the album was awarded an ultra-rare 4-star review from Rolling Stone, who declared it “a small revela­tion” with “vivid story­telling. . . For a teenager’s debut, Jake Bugg shows an artist who is crazy fully formed, stepping into a journey that should be worth follow­ing.”  “Lightning Bolt,” Jake’s first U.S. single (and opening cut of the album) received massive exposure via Gator­ade’s tv spots.

Shangri La followed in November 2013, produced by Rick Rubin at Shangri La Studios in Malibu, California.  Jake toured non-stop in support of the album, including a 13-city headlining North American tour, every date sold-out in advance.  June 2016 brought Jake’s third album, On My One, self-produced with Jacknife Lee joining for a handful of tracks.  In addition, Jake’s “Lighting Bolt” was used this year on tv spots for the Mini Cooper Countryman.

Full tracklisting for ‘Hearts That Strain’ below:

Track listing

1.    How Soon The Dawn
2.    Southern Rain
3.    In The Event Of My Demise
4.    This Time
5.    Waiting
6.    Man On The Stage 
7.    Hearts That Strain 
8.    I Can Burn Alone
9.    Indigo Blue
10.  Bigger Lover
11.  Every Colour In The World 

August 4, 2017 1:31pm ET by Universal Music US  

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