Beartooth announce ‘The Blackbird Session’ EP

August 24, 2019 James Weaver

BEARTOOTH have announced a new EP!

Titled The Blackbird Session, the upcoming EP features twangy, stripped-down and acoustic renderings of songs from the band’s latest album Disease.

Presented in video format, the band recorded The Blackbird Sessions EP at the famed Blackbird Studios in Nashville, TN. The Blackbird Studios is owned by John McBride, an iconic producer and engineer in country music who has worked with artists such as Garth Brooks and Martina McBride, as well as pop titans TRAIN.

“When the idea came up to do acoustic sessions, immediately my mind went to family holidays. Constantly surrounded by singing old hymns and harmonies on harmonies. The idea of taking BEARTOOTH in a direction of my first musical moments in life felt right,” said frontman Caleb Shomo. “The songs came out better than I could have ever imagined. A massive, MASSIVE part of that was Blackbird. The love I have for that place goes beyond any studio in existence. The rooms are the best in the world, the gear is the best in the world, the consoles… etc. All of this would be enough to make it feel like home, but the icing on the cake is the people who work there. Every time I walk in, it’s nothing but good vibes and hard workers.”

Alongside the announcement of the new EP, the band have released a new live video for the first track taken from the upcoming EP; titled Clever.

Watch the official live music video for Clever here:

Continuing to talk about the upcoming release, Shomo says, “we had the honour of the studio owner and mastermind John McBride (look him up — it’s insane) requesting to engineer our session. This led to an environment that was amazing and free. No limits, no worries, just playing and singing. He handled the rest. Being able to mix tracks engineered by such a legend/tracked on his home turf was an honour. This is 100% live. No metronome, minimal rehearsal, just a bunch of musicians who love what they do getting in a room and going for it. If you want to see and hear BEARTOOTH stripped down to one of its rawest and most emotional forms, please enjoy.”

Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming EP below:

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