Josh Abbott Band Gives Fans A ‘Front Row Seat’

Josh Abbott Band is prepping a new album to be released Nov. 6 via Thirty Tigers. The first single “Amnesia” debuted on Sirius XM The Highway yesterday and is available everywhere today (Aug. 21).

Produced by Dwight A. Baker (The Wind & The Wave), Front Row Seat was recorded at Matchbox Studios in Austin. The album features collaborations with heavy-hitting songwriters including Grammy winner Shane McAnally and Zac Brown Band collaborator Wyatt Durette. Josh Abbott Band also brought in rising stars Macy Maloy and Carly Pearce to lend their voices.

The band sold 741,590 concert tickets in the past two years alone and is out now on the Where’s The Party? tour, their biggest to date.

Josh Abbott Band’s 2014 album Tuesday Night was released by Atlantic, and followed their three independent projects which sold over 175,000 copies total and 1.4 million singles.

Front Row Seat tells the story of a romantic relationship from beginning to end, over the course of 15 songs arranged in five dramatic acts (see below).

Front Row Seat tracklist:

Act 1 – Exposition
1. While I’m Young
2. I’ve Been Known
3. Live It While You Got It

Act 2 – Incitation
4. Wasn’t That Drunk (w/ Carly Pearce)
5. Kiss You Good
6. If It Makes You Feel Good

Act 3 – Intimacy
7. Crazy Things
8. Front Row Seat
9. Kisses We Steal

Act 4 – Dissolution
10. Ghosts
11. Born To Break Your Heart
12. This Isn’t Easy

Act 5 – Dénouement
13. Intro – A Loss Of Memory
14. Amnesia
15. Autumn
16. Anonymity

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