Molly Tuttle Heads Into New Sonic Territory On Latest Album

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Molly Tuttle. Photo: Ebru Yildiz

Molly Tuttle is gearing up for the release of her new solo album, So Long Little Miss Sunshine, on Aug. 15 via Nonesuch Records.

She recently shared a new single and video from the upcoming project, “The Highway Knows.” Recorded with producer Jay Joyce, the fifth full album from the singer, songwriter and guitarist marks a sonic departure from Tuttle’s recent work. Tuttle goes to a whole new place on her new album, which is a hybrid of pop, country, rock and flat-picking, plus a murder ballad for good measure. Her virtuoso guitar work takes center stage on this project more than ever, and for the first time, she introduces her banjo playing on two songs.

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So Long Little Miss Sunshine was recorded with drummer/percussionists Jay Bellerose and Fred Eltringham, bassist Byron House, and Joyce on multiple instruments. Ketch Secor (Old Crow Medicine Show) also plays banjo, fiddle and harmonica, as well as singing harmony, and much of the LP was co-written with Secor, who is also Tuttle’s partner.

“I’ve been wanting to make this record for such a long time,” says Tuttle. “Part of me was scared to do such a big departure, and that went into the album title. I think ‘The Highway Knows’ is reflective of a lot of the album stylistically. We wove together different genres and sounds, and ended up with something that I’m really proud of.”

Last month Tuttle gave fans a taste of the upcoming new album with the lead single “That’s Gonna Leave A Mark,” and an accompanying video. The song is already her most successful radio track, currently sitting at No. 2 on Americana Radio, and debuts this week on the AAA Radio Chart, a career first.

Tuttle is the US Ambassador for Spotify’s EQUAL program for the month of July. EQUAL is Spotify’s program aimed at “turning up the volume on the voices of women making waves around the world.”

So Long Little Miss Sunshine Track List:
1. “Everything Burns”
2. “The Highway Knows”
3. “Golden State Of Mind”
4. “Rosalee”
5. “I Love It”
6. “That’s Gonna Leave A Mark”
7. “Easy”
8. “Summer Of Love”
9. “Old Me (New Wig)”
10. “Oasis”
11. “No Regrets”
12. “Story Of My So-Called Life”

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