Dwight Yoakam confirms 'Brighter Days' LP out Nov 15, unveils song with Post Malone

DWIGHT YOAKAM CONFIRMS NEW LP BRIGHTER DAYS OUT NOVEMBER 15 FIRST ALBUM OF NEW MUSIC IN NINE YEARS COMING ON VIA RECORDS/THIRTY TIGERS UNVEILS COLLABORATION WITH POST MALONE “I DON’T KNOW HOW TO SAY GOODBYE (BANG BANG BOOM BOOM)” FALL TOUR CONTINUES THROUGH NOVEMBER   photo credit: Emily Joyce September 6, 2024—Multiple GRAMMY-Award winner and country superstar Dwight Yoakam confirms his first album of new music in nine years, Brighter Days, is set for release November 15 on Via Records/Thirty Tigers. Pre-order/pre-save Brighter Days HERE. A first taste of the new music, “I Don’t Know How To Say Goodbye (Bang Bang Boom Boom)” with Post Malone, debuts today. The song was written specifically by Yoakam for a collaboration with Post Malone. Listen to the song HERE and stay tuned for a video coming soon. Written and recorded over the last three years, Brighter Days features 12 brand-new songs written/co-written by Yoakam, as well as two seemingly disparate covers of “Keeping On The Sunny Side” by the Carter Family and “Bound Away” by Cake, artfully woven into the same body of work in the unmistakable style that could only be Dwight Yoakam. At once timeless and timely—embracing a "cowpunk-tual" attitude—Yoakam self-produced Brighter Days, infusing a modern appreciation for country music's history with the trailblazing rock and roll spirit of California. The result is an album that reflects a sense of craftsmanship and immediacy, capturing the quintessential Dwight Yoakam “cool” that has set him apart from his country contemporaries since the beginning of his legendary career. As always, Yoakam’s lyrics throughout the album are both deceptively effortless and profoundly poignant. The album was mixed by world-class engineer Chris Lord-Alge. Yoakam will continue his time on the road for an additional slew of North American tour dates, kicking off his next set of shows on September 13 in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Dwight Yoakam has sold over 26 million albums worldwide, with five reaching the #1 spot on Billboard. He is a 21-time nominated, multiple GRAMMY Award winner. He has 12 Gold albums and nine Platinum or multi-Platinum albums. Yoakam is the recipient of the Artist of the Year Award from the Americana Music Association, the prestigious BMI Country Awards’ President’s Award, and has been inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. He will receive a Lifetime Achievement Honor at the 2024 Americana Music Awards. He has collaborated with everyone from Beck to Kid Rock, ZZ Top, Hunter S. Thompson and Jack White. He has toured with the likes of Buck Owens, Johnny Cash and Hüsker Dü. Yoakam’s last album, Swimmin’ Pools, Movie Stars…, was released in 2016. Rolling Stone Country raves, “Yoakam sounds right at home on these new versions,” while NPR Music praises, “You can hear Yoakam making masterful choices on every phrase.” In addition to his musical career, Yoakam has appeared in more than 40 feature films including Sling Blade, Panic Room and Steven Soderbergh’s Logan Lucky with Channing Tatum and Daniel Craig, plus a role in the Amazon series Goliath. Over the course of his storied acting career, he has worked with the likes of Jodie Foster, Tommy Lee Jones, Jared Leto, Matthew McConaughey and more. In 1977, Yoakam left Kentucky for Nashville to embark on a music career but found that the Music City was moving away from traditional country roots to more pop-country. He found himself better suited to the post-Bakersfield movement and became one of the founding fathers of the “L.A. Cowpunk Scene” influenced by second-wave rockabilly and punk alongside X, Los Lobos, The Knitters, Rank & File and The Blasters. Dwight Yoakam—Brighter Days TRACKLIST 1. Wide Open Heart 2. I’ll Pay The Price 3. Bound Away (Cake cover) 4. California Sky 5. Can’t Be Wrong 6. I Spell Love 7. A Dream That Never Ends 8. Brighter Days 9. I Don’t Know How To Say Goodbye (Bang Bang Boom Boom) (with Post Malone) 10. If Only 11. Hand Me Down Heart 12. Time Between 13. Keep On The Sunny Side (The Carter Family cover) 14. Every Night TOUR DATES September 13—Simmons Bank Arena—North Little Rock, AR September 14—Golden Nugget Lake Charles Hotel & Casino – Grand Event Center—Lake Charles, LA September 15—Born and Raised Music Festival—Pryor, OK September 26—The Fruit Yard—Modesto, CA* September 27—Redding Civic Auditorium—Redding, CA* September 28—Hayden Homes Amphitheater—Bend, OR October 3—The Masonic Temple Theatre—Detroit, MI* October 4—Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center—Charleston, WV* October 5—Country Calling Festival—Ocean City, MD October 11—Red Rock Resort—Las Vegas, NV October 12—Pepsi Amphitheater—Flagstaff, AZ October 14—The Big Fresno Fair—Fresno, CA October 17—F&M Bank Arena—Clarksville, TN* October 18—Mercedes-Benz Amphitheatre—Tuscaloosa, AL* October 19—Brandon Amphitheater—Brandon, MS* November 13—St. Augustine Amphitheatre—St. Augustine, FL* November 14—The Baycare Sound at Coachman Park—Clearwater, FL* November 15—Pompano Beach Amphitheater—Pompano Beach, FL* November 21—Texas Trust CU Theatre—Grand Prairie, TX November 22—Ford Park Pavilion—Beaumont, TX November 23—American Bank Center Arena—Corpus Christi, TX *with The Mavericks and Special Guest