Tyler Childers’ Debut Album ‘Purgatory’ Out August 4, “Lady May” Premieres at NPR Music

ALBUM PRODUCED BY STURGILL SIMPSON AND DAVID FERGUSON

2017 TOUR DATES CONFIRMED

“PURGATORY IS LIKELY TO BE ONE OF AMERICANA MUSIC’S BIG FALL STORIES”

Tyler Childers’ anticipated debut album, Purgatory, will be released August 4 and is now available for pre-order (Hickman Holler Records via Thirty Tigers).

In advance of the release, the album’s closing track, “Lady May,” premiered Thursday (6/8) at NPR Music and can now be streamed HERE. Of the music, NPR Music’s Ann Powers praises, “Purgatory is likely to be one of Americana music’s big fall stories, not only for the way it addresses current crises like the drug plague ravaging the region Childers calls home, but for its more timeless moments, like this tender love song offered to the 25-year-old’s fellow songwriter and new bride, Senora May.” She continues, “The intimacy he conjures is his gift, in this private moment made universal, and throughout his remarkable official debut.” The song is also now available for purchase and is included as an instant download with each digital album pre-order.

Recorded at Nashville’s The Butcher Shoppe studio, the 10-song record was produced by Sturgill Simpson and David Ferguson. In addition to Childers (vocals, acoustic guitar), the album features a variety of world-renowned musicians including Simpson (acoustic guitar, background vocals), Stuart Duncan (fiddle), Miles Miller (drums, background vocals) and Russ Pahl (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, pedal steel, Jew’s harp) among others.

Of the album, the Lawrence Country, KY native comments, “I am extremely grateful for Miles Miller introducing me to Sturgill Simpson, and also for Sturgill and David Ferguson taking the time to work with me. I think we both wanted to make an album for east KY, and I reckon that’s what we did. It’s not about rock, or grass, or country…it’s just hollerin’ in the mountains and stirring shit up! The band Sturgill and David put together was an all-star cast, and an honor to work with and learn from. I hope to do it again, but once is more than most are blessed with. For that I am thankful.”

In support of the album, Childers will tour throughout 2017, including a show with Parker Milsap and Nikki Lane at Indianapolis’ Sun King Brewery on June 24, a performance on Mountain Stage on June 25 and a series of summer dates with Younder Mountain String Band. See below for full details.

PURGATORY TRACK LIST
1. I Swear (To God)
2. Feathered Indians
3.  Tattoos
4. Born Again
5. Whitehouse Road
6. Banded Clovis
7. Purgatory
8. Honky Tonk Flame
9. Universal Sounds
10. Lady May

TYLER CHILDERS CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
June 17—Harrodsburg, KY—Well Crafted – Brews + Bands
June 24—Indianapolis, IN—Sun King Brewery*
June 25—Charleston, WV—Mountain Stage at Culture Center Theater
June 27—Portsmouth, NH—Prescott Park†
June 28—LaFayette, NY—Beak and Skiff Apple Orchards†
July 3—Charlotte, NC—U.S. National Whitewater Center†
July 7—Irvine, KY—Estill County Fair
July 8—Black Mountain, NC—Pisgah Brewing Company†
July 9—Wilmington, NC—Greenfield Lake Amphitheater†
July 13—Asheville, NC—Grey Eagle
July 15—Decatur, GA—Eddie’s Attic
July 16—Decatur, GA—Eddie’s Attic
July 21—Cascade, WV—Deep Roots Mountain Revival
July 23—Oslo, Norway—Cafe Mono
July 25—London, U.K. —The Slaughtered Lamb
July 26—Amsterdam, Netherlands—Paradiso
July 28—Prestonsburg, KY—Mountain Arts Center
August 1—Kansas City, MO—The Riot Room‡
August 4—Amarillo, TX—Hoots Pub‡
August 5—Denver, CO—Lost Lake Lounge‡
August 6—South Fork, CO—Rhythms on the Rio
August 7—Phoenix, AZ—Valley Bar‡
August 9—San Diego, CA—The Casbah‡
August 10—Los Angeles, CA—The Echo‡
August 12—San Francisco, CA—Hotel Utah Saloon‡
August 15—Portland, OR—Doug Fir Lounge‡
August 16—Seattle, WA—Sunset Tavern‡
August 18— Whitefish, MT—The Remington Bar‡
August 19—Bozeman, MT—Live from the Divide
August 22—Minneapolis, MN—7th Street Entry‡
August 25—Friendship, IN—Whispering Beard Festival
August 26—Lexington, KY—MoonTower Music Festival
September 12-17—Nashville, TN—AmericanaFest

*with Parker Millsap and Nikki Lane
†with Yonder Mountain String Band
‡with special guest Sammy Brue