NEEDTOBREATHE release “Highlands” today, the fourth preview from their upcoming tenth studio album ‘The Long Surrender,’ out March 27 via MCA. Written solely by frontman Bear Rinehart, the track unfolds with hymn-like intimacy, Dave Cobb’s raw production drawing out Rinehart’s formidable tenor against a backdrop of searching, prayer-like lyrics. Cobb, a nine-time GRAMMY winner, also produced the album, recorded largely live and driven by Rinehart’s most personal songwriting to date. “This album really clarified that, as an artist, I’ve got to put my convictions in front of anything else,” Rinehart says. “It’s definitely a better indicator of where we’re headed than where we’ve ever been, and in a lot of ways it feels like our very first record.”
The band also released a 20-minute documentary this month, ‘The Season of The Long Surrender,’ directed by Babysweet, following NEEDTOBREATHE in the studio, on stage, and on the road through the making of the record. The twelve-track album features “Momma Loves Me” with The Red Clay Strays and co-written track “Strangeness Of It All” with John Luke Carter. NEEDTOBREATHE are currently wrapping the second leg of The Barely Elegant Acoustic Tour, running through March 7. Pre-add and pre-save for ‘The Long Surrender’ are live now.
TRACK LISTING: ‘The Long Surrender’:
- “The Long Surrender”
- “Say It Now”
- “Highlands”
- “Sing To Me Savannah”
- “Where You Call Home”
- “Strangeness Of It All”
- “Take Me Dancing”
- “The Door”
- “Growing Slow”
- “Momma Loves Me” (feat. The Red Clay Strays)
- “Take The Blame”
- “Spread The Ashes”
TOUR DATES: The Barely Elegant Acoustic Tour:
Friday February 27 — Salina, KS — Stiefel Theatre
Saturday February 28 — Colorado Springs, CO — Pikes Peak Center
Sunday March 1 — Lubbock, TX — Buddy Holly Hall
Tuesday March 3 — Midland, TX — Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center
Thursday March 5 — Tulsa, OK — Tulsa Theater
Friday March 6 — San Antonio, TX — Tobin Center for Performing Arts
Saturday March 7 — Fort Worth, TX — Will Rogers Auditorium