Allan gets "Ruthless"

Allan, whose last release was "Set You Free " in 2013, also disclosed that he would play shows starting later this month. "After a long wait and years of asking, I'm excited to tell you we've got new music," he said on YouTube. "I have a new album named 'Ruthless' and it will be coming out on June 25. The disc contains 13 songs including his latest single "Waste of a Whiskey Drink."

"Some of these songs are songs I recorded awhile ago, but I was really bummed that didn't make an album," he said. "There was no way for you guys to hear it."

Mark Bright and Tony Brown, two long-time mainstays of Allan's produced. He also brought back the band that played on "Smoke Rings in the Dark" to record the songs. " So it definitely feels like a full circ le moment, all the way back to the '90s," he said. "It's been a long time coming, and I'm so proud of this body of work. I can't wait for you all to hear it."

The album cover features a skeleton of a bronco with a cowboy sitting atop.

"It's been so long since I've had new music," he said. "I'm tired of telling everybody it's coming. Like I said earlier, it's been a long time coming. This collection of songs, I'm super excited for you guys to hear."

"We had most of it done before the pandemic," Allan said. "I did my last tracks in January, and then I went on vacation in February in Africa." After coming back, he did a few shows, and then Covid hit.

"The first part of the pandemic, I hid under a rock," he said, saying he also golfed "a little bit."

For the past few months, he lived on a yacht of a friend in the Dominican Republic.

"I'm back now, ready to tour," he said.

Allan also played snippets of several songs on the album, including the lead-off song, "My Temptation." The title track was written by busbee, Hilary Lindsay and Ryan Hurd. "Sex," written in part by Shane McAnally, also was played and had a more traditional feel. "Slide" was penned by Ross Ellis,

The track list is:
1. Temptation
2. Waste of a Whiskey Drink
3. Till It Felt Like You
4. Slide
5. Pretty Damn Close
6. High As I've Ever Been
7. What I Can't Talk About
8. Sex
9. Trouble Knows Trouble
10. Ruthless
11. Unfiltered
12. Little Glass of Wine
13. The Hard Way

"Little Glass of Wine" was a song from the late Jesse Winchester. "I have loved this song forever," he said. "It's kind of classic. I hope you like it as much as I do."

"Temptation" will be available on digital channels at midnight tonight.

Allan, 53, has released three singles since 2015, but none took off, resulting in the album, "Hard Way," never being released.