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Yoakam forsees "Brighter Days"

Friday, September 6, 2024 – Dwight Yoakam will release his first album of new music in nine years, "Brighter Days," on Nov. 15 on Via Records/Thirty Tigers.

A first taste of the new music, "I Don't Know How To Say Goodbye (Bang Bang Boom Boom)" with Post Malone, debuts today. The song was written specifically by Yoakam for a collaboration with Post Malone.

Written and recorded over the last three years, "Brighter Days" features 12 songs written/co-written by Yoakam, as well as two covers of "Keeping On The Sunny Side" by the Carter Family and "Bound Away" by Cake.

Yoakam self-produced while the album was mixed by engineer Chris Lord-Alge.

The track list is:
1. Wide Open Heart
2. I'll Pay The Price
3. Bound Away (Cake cover)
4. California Sky
5. Can't Be Wrong
6. I Spell Love
7. A Dream That Never Ends
8. Brighter Days
9. I Don't Know How To Say Goodbye (Bang Bang Boom Boom) (with Post Malone)
10. If Only
11. Hand Me Down Heart
12. Time Between
13. Keep On The Sunny Side (The Carter Family cover)
14. Every Night

Yoakam will continue his time on the road for an additional slew of North American tour dates, kicking off his next set of shows on Sept. 13 in North Little Rock, Ark.


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