Hayes Carll & The Band of Heathens Slate Debut Album For October

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Hayes & The Heathens. Photo: Casen Hutton

Hayes Carll and rock group The Band of Heathens have united for a new album, Hayes & The Heathens, out Oct. 4. They second single from the album, “Any Other Way,” is out now.

Carll and Heathens Jurdi and Gordy Quist wrote seven of the eight songs on the album, and Hayes penned their first joint effort, “Nobody Dies From Weed,” with Driver Williams. In addition to the new original songs, the men put their unique spin on The Proclaimers’ 1988 hit “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” for the album.

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“Our collaboration was so natural and easy,” says Jurdi. “We’ve been great compadres for such a long time, and it was just the right time for this project to come to life. I think you can really hear all of that in the music. This is really that rare alliance where 1+1 = 3.”

“Leaning into each other’s strengths we found some sonic territory new to all of us, something between country-funk and good-time boogie,” says Quist. “The deciding factor for all of our creative choices on the record came down to the simple question of what sounds more fun.”

Fans can pre-order Hayes & The Heathens’ debut album on limited edition whiskey smoke-colored vinyl at hayesandheathens.com.

Hayes & The Heathens will launch their inaugural music festival, “Everybody’s Somebody Fest,” in Luckenbach, Texas the day after the album release. They initially hatched the concept for Hayes & The Heathens when they played together in Luckenbach in October of 2023.

Hayes & The Heathens Vinyl Track List:
Side A
1. Nobody Dies From Weed
2. Any Other Way
3. See How They Run
4. Nothin To Do With Your Love

Side B
1. Water From A Holy Grail
2. Adeline
3. I’m Gonna Be
4. You Can’t Stay Here

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