Flores offers "Welcome to the Plains"

Thursday, August 29, 2024 – Wyatt Flores will release his full-length debut album, "Welcome To The Plains," on Oct. 18 on Island Records.

Flores' new single, "Don't Wanna Say Goodnight," will debut tomorrow at alongside an official music video.

Produced by Beau Bedford (Orville Peck, Shane Smith & The Saints) and recorded between Los Angeles and Asheville, "Welcome To The Plains" details Flores' journey as he balances the struggle of leaving his hometown of Stillwater, Okla. with the highs and lows of life on the road. The disc includes 14 tracks, including songwriting collaborations with Old Crow Medicine Show's Ketch Secor and Aaron Raitiere.

Flores said, "It's an album about home and a search for happiness. It's an album about Stillwater, Okla., and all the other little towns that have raised people like you and me. It's an album about my family, and the people and places in my life who have defined who I am today. This album is happy on one side and heartbreak on the other, and whoever you are, I hope you find something you love in here."

Flores will embark on his "Welcome To The Plains Tour" this fall, which includes his largest headline shows to date. Upcoming stops include Nashville's Ryman Auditorium (two nights), Brooklyn's Brooklyn Paramount, Los Angeles' Fonda Theatre (sold out), Tulsa's Cain's Ballroom (two nights), Boston's House of Blues, Atlanta's The Eastern, Chicago's Vic Theatre, Pittsburgh's Stage AE, Washington D.C.'s 9:30 Club and Fort Worth's Billy Bob's Texas.

Born and raised in Oklahoma, the Mexican-American artist has put out three EPs, including "Half Life," which was released earlier this spring.

The track list is:
1. Welcome To The Plains
2. When I Die
3. Oh Susannah
4. Only Thing Missing Is You
5. Don't Wanna Say Goodnight
6. Habits
7. Right Here with You
8. The Truth
9. Forget Your Voice
10. Angels Over You
11. Little Town
12. Stillwater
13. Falling Sideways
14. The Good Ones