Kiely Connell – My Own Company

Today, Kiely Connell– Nashville-based, Rustbelt born and raised singer-songwriter, announces her sophomore album My Own Company, due out July 19 via Thirty Tigers. Her debut single “Damn Hands” is a barroom rock-stomper, buoyed by Connell’s powerhouse smoky vocals and fierce penmanship – all in the name of laying down hard boundaries against anyone who gets in your space, uninvited.

Kiely says of the single, which was premiered this morning by Bluegrass Situation, “Why does it always seem impossible to go out for a cocktail without someone’s hand wandering up your thigh? Why Can’t you ever go out on a date without someone thinking that they’ve earned space in your bed for the evening? Apparently, we still need to be talking about boundaries and consent.”

And talk about it she does. Kiely Connell doesn’t mince words – her songwriting is precise, razor-sharp and full of hard truths. Her voice is earth shattering –  soulful, forceful, powerful and with a growly grit that will draw comparisons to Reba and Wynonna.

My Own Company – produced by Tucker Martine (Roseanne Cash, Courtney Barnett, Madison Cunningham) with instrumental backing from bassist Nate Query (the Decembrists), drummer Andrew Borger (Tom Waits, Norah Jones) and long term musical companion and guitarist Drew Kohl – is a hard-to-ignore testament of honesty with heartland rock and a jagged, modern edge.

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