Article Contributed by Big Hassle Media
Published on 2026-05-15
Photo: Courtesy of Tommy Moore
RIAA Multi-Platinum-certified, New Orleans, LA-based band The Revivalists have shared their introspective new single, “Razorblades and Runways,” available now via Concord Records. A bittersweet hint of soft soul, the track sees frontman David Shaw lamenting days wasted chasing a thrill or his own ego, but celebrating how his family now keeps him moving forward. “Razorblades and Runways” is among the highlights of The Revivalists’ long-awaited new album, Get It Honest, arriving everywhere on Friday, July 24. Vinyl pre-orders/pre-saves are available now.
“Looking back, I spent years chasing thrills fueled by ego,” says frontman David Shaw. “Now I get to pursue my craft with the same passion, but instead the thing that drives me is my family, my wife, my daughter, my friends, and Ricky Peach, my cat who gets a nod in this tune.”
Listen to “Razorblades and Runways”
Pre-order / Pre-save Get It Honest
The Revivalists’ sixth studio album and first all-new full-length release in over three years, Get It Honest, was first heralded by the colossal opening track, “Heart Stop,” available everywhere now, and currently #21 on the Triple A radio chart. Centered by tangled guitars, powerful drums, and belt-your-heart-out vocals, “Heart Stop” sees the band celebrating perseverance in the face of things you love so much they threaten to tear you apart, with Shaw squaring up to whatever is to come by howling en route to the climax, “I’m not afraid of the future comin’ my way/I’m over wasting my time.”
Co-written by Shaw with 3x Grammy Award-nominated New Orleans musician Andriu “Yàno” Yanovski and The Revivalists drummer PJ Howard, the track is joined by an official music video streaming now on YouTube. Directed by filmmaker Caroline Iaffaldano and shot entirely through a first-person-view helmet cam, the instantly striking visual takes the viewer inside an iconic New Orleans shotgun house alongside talented dancer Malerie Dempster.
Watch “Heart Stop” Official Music Video
Produced once again by Grammy Award-winner Rich Costey (Vampire Weekend, Foo Fighters, Death Cab for Cutie) at Vermont’s bucolic Guilford Sound — the same studio where The Revivalists and Costey previously collaborated on 2023’s life-affirming fifth album, Pour It Out Into the Night — Get It Honest sees a veteran band enabled by hard-fought experience and boundless solidarity to strike a new path forward.
Having embraced multiple musical personalities on previous records, the 12-track collection evinces a blessed cohesion, as if The Revivalists have finally found how they truly want to sound, at least for right now.
With seven of its eight members now fathers, Get It Honest is unquestionably a grown-folks record, built on songs about cutting yourself clear of a history that only drags you down and embracing the parts of your present that make you grateful to be here at all, like love and grace and salvation. Songs like “Lost and Found” and the emotional centerpiece title track mirror these realizations, harnessing a welcome restraint that highlights this almighty band’s collective journey towards the future. With Get It Honest, The Revivalists take the time and energy to remind us all to look up and look ahead, to keep going, and never let our past define our destiny.
“To me, this album is about understanding this point and learning to work with it like a potter works the clay,” Shaw reflects. “Our flaws and imperfections are what ultimately make us human and beautiful.”
To celebrate the release of their new album, The Revivalists have announced a very special US headline tour. The Get It Honest Tour gets underway on July 14 with two sold-out dates at Nantucket’s Chicken Box, an annual tradition for the band, and then travels through November. The Revivalists will be joined by an impressive lineup of support acts on select dates, including Robert Randolph, Ax and the Hatchetmen, Paul McDonald, Wells Ferrari, True Loves, Rustic Overtones, and Olivia Barnes.
The Revivalists have also partnered with Concerted on an “honest ticket” program in which fans who volunteer for two hours of community service receive a ticket in exchange for making a positive impact. Tour goes on sale to the general public beginning today at 10:00 a.m. local time. For complete details and ticket information, please visit www.therevivalists.com/tour.
Widely regarded as one of the most uplifting live acts in music today, The Revivalists, fresh off a headlining performance at Jazz Fest where they played to their largest audience in their career, will celebrate the arrival of Get It Honest with a typically wide-ranging tour schedule featuring headline dates, top-billed festival appearances, and more.
Highlights include a much-anticipated “Opry 100” celebration at Nashville, TN’s historic Grand Ole Opry alongside such stars as Taylor Hicks, Kathy Mattea, Steven Curtis Chapman, Ricky Skaggs, and others on May 22; a performance at Vancouver, BC’s FIFA Fan Festival™ concert series as part of the FIFA World Cup 2026 on June 11; a record-release weekend headline set at David Shaw’s Big River Get Down in Hamilton, OH on July 25; a very special run supporting The Red Clay Strays, including New York City’s Madison Square Garden on August 9; and their annual return to Morrison, CO’s world famous Red Rocks Amphitheatre on September 25.
In addition, The Revivalists will join forces with Sixthman, the leader in festivals and music cruises for 25 years, for The Revivalists Present Otherside of Paradise at Sea, an unforgettable musical adventure set to sail November 3-7 from Miami, FL, to Nassau, Bahamas, aboard Norwegian Jewel. For updates and ticket information, please visit www.therevivalists.com/tour.
The Revivalists — Live 2026
May
May 21 — Madison, TN — Harken Hall
May 22 — Nashville, TN — Grand Ole Opry *
June
June 11 — Vancouver, BC — FIFA Fan Festival™ †
June 24 — Interlochen, MI — Interlochen Center for the Arts ∞
June 26 — Milwaukee, WI — Summerfest †
June 28 — Saratoga Springs, NY — Saratoga Jazz Festival †
July
July 1 — Seattle, WA — Woodland Park Zoo ¡
July 2 — Portland, OR — Waterfront Blues Festival †
July 14 — Nantucket, MA — Chicken Box SOLD OUT
July 15 — Nantucket, MA — Chicken Box SOLD OUT
July 17 — Snowshoe, WV — 4848 Festival at Snowshoe Mountain Resort †
July 25 — Hamilton, OH — David Shaw’s Big River Get Down †
July 30 — Columbia, MD — Merriweather Post Pavilion ^
August
August 1 — Boston, MA — TD Garden ^
August 2 — Sidney, ME — Bowl in the Pines %
August 4 — Deerfield, MA — Treehouse Brewing %
August 5 — Montreal, QC — Place Bell ^
August 7 — Philadelphia, PA — TD Pavilion ^
August 9 — New York, NY — Madison Square Garden ^
August 11 — Westport, CT — Levitt Pavilion #
August 13 — Fairlee, VT — Lake Morey Resort Summer Concert Series #
August 14 — Chautauqua, NY — Chautauqua Institution
September
September 22 — Salt Lake City, UT — Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre =
September 25 — Morrison, CO — Red Rocks Amphitheatre •
September 30 — Toronto, ON — RBC Amphitheatre ^
October
October 1 — Pittsburgh, PA — PPG Paints Arena ^
October 3 — Grand Rapids, MI — Van Andel Arena ^
October 4 — Chicago, IL — The Salt Shed +
October 7 — Allentown, PA — Archer Music Hall
October 10 — Atlantic City, NJ — Ovation Music Hall
October 13 — Charlotte, NC — The Fillmore #
October 14 — Orlando, FL — Kia Center ^
October 15 — Savannah, GA — Enmarket Arena ^
October 17 — Charleston, SC — Credit One Stadium ^
October 18 — Greenville, SC — Bon Secours Wellness Arena ^
November
November 3-7 — Miami, FL > Nassau, Bahamas — The Revivalists Present Otherside of Paradise at Sea †
November 13 — Atlanta, GA — The Eastern
November 14 — Wilmington, NC — BAD Day Music & Arts Festival †
November 16 — Montgomery, AL — Montgomery Performing Arts Center
November 18 — St. Petersburg, FL — Jannus Live
November 19 — Tallahassee, FL — TBA
November 21 — St. Augustine, FL — The St. Augustine Amphitheatre
November 22 — Pensacola, FL — Maritime Park
* Opry 100, with Taylor Hicks, Kathy Mattea, Steven Curtis Chapman, Ricky Skaggs, and others
† Festival Appearance
^ Supporting The Red Clay Strays
• With Ax and the Hatchetmen
= With Paul McDonald
∞ With Wells Ferrari
¡ With True Loves
% With Rustic Overtones
# With Olivia Barnes
+ With Robert Randolph
