Emily Nenni – Drive & Cry
Emily Nenni will release Drive & Cry May 3, 2024 via New West Records.
The 12-track set was produced by John James Tourville of The Deslondes at Creative Workshop in Nashville, TN and mixed by Matt Ross-Spang (John Prine, Jason Isbell) at Southern Grooves in Memphis, TN. Nenni has quickly emerged as one of the freshest and most electrifying voices in Nashville. Her sound is rooted in classic honky tonk and spiked with serious country, soul, and rock ‘n’ roll fire, with sweet-and-sassy lyrics that chronicle hard living, hot nights, heartbreak, and other universal truths about the human condition.
Whereas On the Ranch saw Nenni uproot herself to lend a hand —and write—while assisting at a ranch in southern Colorado, Drive & Cry drops the listener smack in the middle of her boisterous and bustling Nashville world. Over the past several years, she has enraptured audiences across Music City (and the nation with near-constant touring alongside Charley Crockett, Orville Peck, and more) with sizzling sets in smoky bars and clubs, honing her command of the stage. She has perfected her skills as a band leader and sharpened her already astute world view, all of which are on full display on Drive & Cry.
Today, Nenni released the video for the album’s lead off track, “Get To Know Ya,” a honky tonk rave-up that celebrates the end of the work day and the beginning of a music-filled, come-what-may night.
She says, “I was selling cowboy boots and my coworkers were making plans to go to the honky tonk that night. I had already written a couple of songs for the record and they were on the melancholy side, so I wanted to have an upbeat two-stepping number. I just imagined some 80s movie like Hard Country, and folks getting off work and headed to the honky tonk…something that’s still alive and well in Nashville, TN.” The video for the clip was directed by Joshua Shoemaker and features social media star Cornbread Cowboi, Joshua Hedley, Jonny Fritz, Esther Rose, Bella White, Riley Downing of The Deslondes, Jack Quiggins of Teddy & The Rough Riders, Hunter Pinkston of the Pink Stones, and more.
Nenni has also announced her initial tour dates in support of Drive & Cry, launching at the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, TX next month.
Emily Nenni On Tour:
2.21.24 – Nashville, TN – Riverside Revival (WMOT Wired In with Corb Lund)
3.13.24 – Austin, TX – Sagebrush (SXSW)
3.15.24 – Austin, TX – Antone’s (SXSW)
3.16.24 – The White Horse (SXSW)
5.16.24 – Bloomington, IN – Cosmic Songwriter Festival
6.22.24 – Helmville, MT – Old Salt Festival
6.29.24 – Pendleton, OR – Jackalope Jamboree
8.3.24 – Madison, WI – Sugar Maple Music Festival
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