The Avett Brothers Release First Album in Five Years, Produced by Rick Rubin: LISTEN

Article Contributed by Shore Fire Media | Published on Friday, May 17, 2024

Today, The Avett Brothers return with their first album in five years, and will celebrate with a special release show at Forest Hills Stadium tonight. Fans can see the band perform some of the record's standouts on CBS Saturday Morning tomorrow, May 18th and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday, May 22nd, in addition to nearly 50 tour dates across the country this spring, summer and fall – and other upcoming appearances to be announced soon.

Listen to The Avett Brothers via Ramseur Records/American Recordings/Thirty Tigers, and watch the brand new music video for "Orion's Belt": HERE

Produced by longtime collaborator Rick Rubin, The Avett Brothers is an album interested in the divine unknowable, as much untitled as it is self-titled. Songs like "Love Of A Girl," "Country Kid" and "Forever Now" seek the sacred in the commonplace: a cheap cup of coffee, broken hearts and school bus lessons, a baby's first steps, growing older and holding on to one's roots, losing someone and accepting fate, rediscovering hope and finding sanctity in tragedy...ultimately reveling in the fun and surrender of what we cannot understand.

Recorded in Malibu, Nashville, Mar Vista, and the band's hometown of Concord, NC, the album is also one that revealed itself naturally over time, and on Monday's broadcast of NPR's All Things Considered, Scott and Seth Avett will discuss the process further with host Juana Summers.

As their first LP on Ramseur Records/Thirty Tigers since 2007's Emotionalism, The Avett Brothers is at once a cumulative opus and fresh start for the band's future, featuring a 32-page chapbook of beautiful illustrations by Scott Avett, an embossed gatefold jacket on custom vellum paper stock, a printed red flood interior and more that's included with the impeccably-crafted vinyl LP.

After Forest Hills Stadium in NYC, The Avett Brothers continue on a run of shows that will take them to three nights at Red Rocks, SoFi Stadium with Luke Combs, and dozens of amphitheaters with support from Sierra Ferrell, Iron & Wine, Little Feat, Dawes, Melissa Etheridge, G. Love & Special Sauce, Trampled by Turtles, Sammy Rae & The Friends, Houndmouth and Jamestown Revival. Find the list of dates below and tickets at theavettbrothers.com/tour.

The Avett Brothers Tracklist

Never Apart (w/ Vocal Prelude)

Love Of A Girl

Cheap Coffee

Forever Now

Country Kid

Orion's Belt

2020 Regret

Same Broken Bones

We Are Loved

The Avett Brothers Tour Dates

5/17 - Forest Hills, NY - Forest Hills Stadium^

5/18 - Boston, MA - Suffolk Downs^

5/21 - New Haven, CT - Westville Music Bowl^

5/23 - Albany, NY - MVP Arena^

5/24 - Canandaigua, NY - CMAC^

6/14 - Los Angeles, CA - SoFi Stadium #

6/15 - Paso Robles, CA - Vina Robles

6/16 - Sacramento, CA - Memorial Auditorium

7/3 - Taos, NM - Kit Carson Park w/ Iron & Wine

7/5 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre w/ Little Feat

7/6 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre w/ Melissa Etheridge

7/7 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre w/ Dawes

7/10 - Missoula, MT - Big Sky Brewing Co

7/12 - Redmond, WA - Marymoor Park

7/13 - Troutdale, OR - Edgefield

7/14 - Bend, OR - Hayden Homes Amphitheater

7/26 - Washington, DC - Commanders Field #

8/16 - Des Moines, IA - Iowa State Fair w/ G. Love & Special Sauce

8/17 - Maryland Heights, MO - St. Louis Music Park %

8/18 - E. Troy, WI - Alpine Valley %

8/20 - Columbus, OH - KEMBA Live!*

8/21 - Detroit, MI - Masonic Temple Theatre*

8/23 - Cleveland, OH - Jacobs Pavilion*

8/24 - Newport, KY - MegaCorp Pavilion*

8/25 - Simpsonville, SC - Marcus King Band Family Reunion

9/12 - Indianapolis, IN - Gainbridge Fieldhouse w/ Houndmouth

9/13 - Franklin, TN - FirstBank Amp w/ Melissa Etheridge

9/14 - Duluth, GA - Gas South Arena

9/17 - Little Rock, AR - First Security Amp!

9/18 - Tulsa, OK - BOK Center!

9/20 - New Braunfels, TX - Whitewater Amp

9/21 - New Braunfels, TX - Whitewater Amp!

10/6 - San Diego, CA - Rady Shell

10/9 - Phoenix, AZ - Arizona Financial Theatre

10/11 - Grand Prairie, TX - Texas Trust CU Theatre!

10/12 - Sugar Land, TX - Smart Financial Centre!

10/24 - St. Paul, MN - Xcel Center %

10/25 - Moline, IL - Vibrant Arena

10/26 - Lexington, KY - Rupp Arena w/ Houndmouth

11/7 - New Orleans, LA - Saenger Theatre

11/8-11/10 - Miramar Beach, FL - Moon Crush "Avett Moon"

11/15 - St. Augustine, FL - Saint Augustine Amp

11/16 - Clearwater, FL - The Sound @ Coachman Park

11/17 - Hollywood, FL - Hard Rock Live

#w/ Luke Combs

^w/ Sierra Ferrell

% w/ Trampled by Turtles

*w/ Sammy Rae & The Friends

!w/ Jamestown Revival

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