Eight years later, Fullbright is back

The album will be his first since "Songs."

"It's been a process of learning how to be in a community of musicians and less focusing on the lone, depressed songwriter just playing something that has a beat and is really fun," Fullbright said.

"That's not to say there are no songs on this record where I depart from that because there are, but there's also a band with an opinion. And that part is new to me."

Today, Fullbright released "Paranoid Heart," starts out as a folk song and before turning into a Petty-esque rocker bolstered by drummer Paddy Ryan and Jesse Aycock's slide guitar solo.

"The Liar" was recorded at Steve and Charlene Ripley's farm-to-studio compound in northeastern Oklahoma. After Steve's (founder of The Tractors) passing, Charlene flirted with the idea of selling the studio property, so Fullbright mobilized quickly to ensure he was able to record there before it changed hands. Fullbright and musicians finished the songs and tracked the album with engineer Jason Weinheimer in four days.

"It was such a collaborative thing with some really cool voices," Fullbright said. "It's just like playing music in Tulsa. Everybody kind of does whatever they do, and it works."

"What rules didn't I have?" Fullbright said about his former songwriting self. "Even like, how many syllables were in a line, I had arbitrary rules for. So much of that has gone out the door, and I'm so much happier. It's really just the idea that you don't have to do this by yourself. It's so much more fun to collaborate."

The tracklist is:
1. Bearden, 1645
2. Paranoid Heart
3.Stars
4. The Liar
5. Unlocked Doors
6. Where We Belong
7. Social Skills
8. Lucky
9. Blameless
10. Poster Child
11. Safe To Say
12. Gasoline

Tour dates are:
Aug. 18-20 - Red River, NM - 8750 Festival
Aug. 26 - Muskogee, OK - Hatbox Field
Aug. 27 - Enid, OK - Park Street Palooza
Sept. 3 - Martinsville, OH - Nowhere Else Festival
Sept. 8 - Tahlequah, OK - Diamond Head Resort
Sept. 25 - Glen Ellen, CA - Jack London State Park
Sept. 30 - Oklahoma City, OK - Blue Door
Oct. 1 - Oklahoma City, OK - Blue Door
Oct. 2 - Tulsa, OK - Fassler Hall
Oct. 8 - Austin, TX - C-Boys Heart & Soul
Oct. 9 - The Woodlands, TX - Dosey Doe
Oct. 13 - Kansas, OK - Bushyhead Farm Fall Festival
Oct. 23 - Pittsburgh, KS - Mountain Stage