Eli Young Band Returns To Their Roots On Latest Project ‘Strange Hours’

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Eli Young Band is heading into a brand new era with their latest album, Strange Hours, due out Aug. 1.

Strange Hours finds the group returning to the bold creative defiance of their independent roots, and to Panhandle House Studio in their hometown of Denton, Texas where their debut album Level was born. The band is reviving the raw, grassroots energy and emotional sting of their early work in a brand new batch of country-rock tracks produced by Jimmy Robbins and Eric Arjes.

Strange Hours features 15 songs all co-written by EYB members, including the title track with its grooving tribute to a black-magic romance, plus the songs off their Nothing On the Wild EP. A batch of all new tunes joins the previously-released “Home In Hometown,” “What Do Lonely People Do,” “I’m Yours Amen” and “Nothing On the Wild.”

“This is a full circle moment for us. Going back home to Denton, Texas to record the album that is our first independent release in years,” shares lead vocalist Mike Eli. “It was just us in the studio with our producers and a couple of old friends making music that we love! These songs are special to us and this record is the start of a whole new chapter for EYB!“

The band has also announced a new headline tour as well, which will kick off June 7 in Cambridge, Idaho and visit 55 cities from coast to coast including six stops in their home state of Texas before wrapping in Baton Rouge on Nov. 21. Tickets for the “Strange Hours Tour” will go on sale May 23. All tour dates can be found here.

Strange Hours Track List:
1. “Nothing On The Wild” (Mike Eli, Matt McVaney, Matt Rogers)
2. “Whiskey Told Ya” (feat. Corey Kent) (Mike Eli, James Young, Jon Jones, Chris Thompson, Jimmy Robbins, Eric Arjes)
3. “All Good With Me” (Eric Arjes, Jeffrey East, Mike Eli)
4. “Strange Hours” (Jeffrey East, Eric Arjes, Mike Eli)
5. “What Do Lonely People Do” (Jeffrey East, Mike Eli)
6. “Almost Always There” (Laura Veltz, Jon Nite, Mike Eli)
7. “Everybody Else” (Josh Osborne, Jimmy Robbins, Mike Eli)
8. “Settle For Your Sometimes” (Josh Thompson, Jimmy Robbins, Mike Eli)
9. “I’m Yours Amen” (Jeffrey East, Mike Eli)
10. “Bad Luck” (Adam Hambrick, Blake Chaffin, Mike Eli)
13. “Home In Hometown” (Ryan Tyndell, Jeff Hyde, Mike Eli)
14. “The Magician” (Eric Arjes, Jake Mitchell, Mike Eli)
15. “Pretty Good Day For The Bar” (Mike Eli, James Young, Jon Jones, Chris Thompson, Jimmy Robbins, Eric Arjes)

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