NEEDTOBREATHE Slate 10th Studio Album ‘The Long Surrender’

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NEEDTOBREATHE will release their 10th studio album The Long Surrender on March 27 via MCA.

The project was produced by Dave Cobb and recorded at Cobb’s Savannah studio. The 12 track record features 11 solo writes by frontman Bear Rinehart, as well as a co-pen from John Luke Carter. The album features already released tracks “The Long Surrender,” “Where You Call Home” and “Momma Loves Me,” featuring The Red Clay Strays.

“NEEDTOBREATHE feels vital on this album,” shares Cobb. “They came in with open hearts and gratitude, focused on nothing but the truth. You can feel it in Bear’s voice and in the musicianship throughout the record.”

“In the beginning I didn’t even think I was writing for a record—I was just writing in a therapeutic way, trying to get my head around what I wanted my life to look like going forward,” adds Rinehart. “There’s always been a guardedness as far as how personal I get in the songs, or how overtly I express certain things, but this time I was writing everything down as I was going through it. It felt like the songs were coming from a different place, and where we ended up almost feels like a whole new band.

“This album really clarified that, as an artist, I’ve got to put my convictions in front of anything else,” he continues. “I poured myself into it without trying to shape it for anyone or anything, and that’s what we’re going to keep doing from here on out. It’s definitely a better indicator of where we’re headed than where we’ve ever been, and in a lot of ways it feels it’s our very first record.”

NEEDTOBREATHE will kick off the second leg of “The Barely Elegant Acoustic Tour” on Feb. 4 in Mobile, Alabama. The tour will cities such as Tampa, Louisville, Tulsa, and more before wrapping on March 7 in Fort Worth.

The Long Surrender Tracklist:
1. “The Long Surrender” (William Rinehart)
2. “Say It Now” (William Rinehart)
3. “Highlands” (William Rinehart)
4. “Sing To Me Savannah” (William Rinehart)
5. “Where You Call Home” (William Rinehart)
6. “Strangeness Of It All” (William Rinehart, John Luke Carter)
7. “Take Me Dancing” (William Rinehart)
8. “The Door” (William Rinehart)
9. “Growing Slow” (William Rinehart)
10. “Momma Loves Me” (feat. The Red Clay Strays) (William Rinehart)
11. “Take The Blame” (William Rinehart)
12. “Spread The Ashes” (William Rinehart)

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