Shawn Austin Releases Local Hay / Big Loud Records Debut EP

Rising Canadian country singer-songwriter Shawn Austin has released his Local Hay/Big Loud Records debut EP, Planes Don’t Wait.

Produced by Scott Cooke, the 7-track collection includes fan-favorites “Get You,” the Chris Lane collaboration “Tailgate To Heaven” and the title track “Planes Don’t Wait,” in addition to four new tracks. Composed of entirely outside cuts, the EP features songs penned by some of Music City’s most in-demand writers, including Craig Wiseman, Kelly Archer, Hillary Lindsey, Jordan Schmidt, Mark Holman, Brian Kelley, Ernest Keith Smith, Jessie Jo Dillon, Jon Nite, Cary Barlowe, and more.

With more than 27 million global career streams, the 2021 CCMA Award Rising Star nominee has spent the first half of 2022 on Dallas Smith‘s Canadian “Some Things Never Change Tour,” which wraps this Thursday (June 30) in Toronto.

A Vancouver native, Austin was recently a season two finalist on NBC’s Songland, pitching Florida Georgia Line as a songwriting contestant. This year, he launched a new chapter of his career as he signed with Local Hay/ Big Loud Records, and hit the top 5 at Canadian country radio with “Tailgate To Heaven.”

Planes Don’t Wait Track List:
1. “Somewhere In Austin” – Written by Jordan Dozzi, Jacob Durrett, Craig Wiseman
2. “Tailgate To Heaven” (feat. Chris Lane) – Written by Kelly Archer, Will Bundy, Rodney Clawson*
3. “Over Here” – Written by Hillary Lindsey, Josh Miller, Jordan Schmidt
4. “Planes Don’t Wait” – Written by Mark Holman, Brian Kelley, Jared Mullins, Ernest Keith Smith
5. “Get You” – Written by Matt Dragstrem, Josh Thompson, Laura Veltz
6. “Slip” – Written by Jessie Jo Dillon, Zach Kale, Jon Nite
7. “Talk of the Town” – Written by Cary Barlowe, Matt Dragstrem, Josh Thompson

All songs produced by Scott Cooke
*Additional production by Will Bundy