Monday 21 October 2024

Wyatt Flores' debut album 'Welcome To The Plains' drops

WYATT FLORES’ DEBUT ALBUM WELCOME TO THE PLAINS OUT NOW 

Debut #9 UK iTunes Country Album Chart | Debut #13 US iTunes Country Album Chart (#30 US iTunes all-genres)

Performs “Oh Susannah” On “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert”
Performing At C2C: Country to Country Festival In March 2025





























Album Art Designed by Chloe Tyler

UK/EU Tour Dates
7th March 2025 - Berlin, Germany (C2C Festival) - Uber Eats Music Hall
8th March 2025 - Rotterdam, Netherlands (C2C Festival) - RTM Stage
14th March 2025 - London, UK (C2C Festival) - The O2 Arena
15th March 2025 - Belfast, UK (C2C Festival) - SSE Arena
16th March 2025 - Glasgow, UK (C2C Festival) - OVO Hydro

NASHVILLE, TN. – (For Immediate Release) – Rising country artist Wyatt Flores released his highly anticipated full-length debut album, Welcome To The Plains, on Friday (18/10) via Island Records.
Stream/download here (preferred music platform) or below: 
  ****   USE the Playlist play control 2nd left from top of the screen to see the playlisted..tracks and select one to play from the drop down menu  ***  👇

REVIEWS



Standouts: Oh Susannah, Don’t Wanna Say Goodnight, Habits, Little Town

Though Flores’ deftness flitting between sounds – his “variety pack” quality – is demonstrably impressive, listeners and the industry alike will eventually want him to settle on one. That may well follow his debut, but for now, he’s set himself up with an impressive menu to choose from. 8.5/10 HOLLER

Oklahoma’s newest country artist, Wyatt Flores, releases his eagerly anticipated debut album, Welcome To The Plains, via Island Records, and it is a stunning tribute to self-discovery as well as home and ancestors. Full of wry observations and hope, these plaintive 14 tracks will transport you to a new kind of traditional, earthy, rural-leaning country sound….. This is a confident debut album, with Flores an engaging, enthusiastic performer, as evidenced by his UK debut at iconic Long Road festival.  We can’t wait to welcome Wyatt back, at Country to Country festival in 2025 where he will be making his festival debut to an eager crowd. 4.5 STARS Emma Jordan EF COUNTRY

Welcome to the Plains tracklisting
1. Welcome To The Plains (written by Ketch Secor, Wyatt Flores) 3:44 345K Spotify Streams
2. When I Die (written by David DeVaul, Wyatt Flores) 3:42 
3. Oh Susannah (written by David DeVaul, Wyatt Flores) 4:04 (1.4 million streams | previously released 27 Sept 2024)
4. Only Thing Missing Is You (written by Aaron Raitiere. Wyatt Flores) 3:43 
5. Don’t Wanna Say Goodnight (written by Brad Clawson, Gavin Lucas, Wyatt Flores) 3:24 (previously released 30 August 2024 | 3.3 million Spotify streams)
6. Habits (written by Rose Falcon, Wyatt Flores) 2:58
7. Right Here with You (written by David DeVaul, Wyatt Flores) 4:04 
8. The Truth (written by Ricky Manning, Wyatt Flores) 5:03
9. Forget Your Voice (written by Blake Pendergrass, Nick Bailey,Wyatt Flores) 3:54 
10. Angels Over You (written by Aaron Raitiere, Beau Bedford, Wyatt Flores) 3:47 
11. Little Town (written by jackson lee morgan, Jamie McLaughlin, Wyatt Flores) 3:38 (previously released 10 October 2024 | 489K Spotify Streams)
12. Stillwater (written by Austin Yankunas,Cole Miracle, Wyatt Flores) 3:50E 
13. Falling Sideways (written by Beau Bedford, Wyatt Flores) 3:41 
14. The Good Ones (written by Aaron Raitiere, Beau Bedford, Wyatt Flores) 3:41

In celebration of the new music, Flores made his late-night television debut on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” performing his new song, “Oh Susannah”. Watch here:

Additionally, Flores is the latest addition to Apple Music’s Up Next program—their global artist initiative geared towards identifying, showcasing and elevating rising talent. Watch the exclusive Apple Music Wyatt Flores Up Next film here and listen to his interview with Kelleigh Bannen here

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, OK with the highs and lows of life on the road.

Across these 14 tracks, including songwriting collaborations with Old Crow Medicine Show’s Ketch Secor and Aaron Raitiere, Flores delivers the grounded and sincere storytelling he’s celebrated for, seamlessly blending traditional country and folk sounds.

Reflecting on the album, Flores shared, “It’s an album about home and a search for happiness. It’s an album about Stillwater, Oklahoma, 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.”

Welcome To The Plains also features packaging created by Flores’ long-time artistic collaborator, Chloe Tyler, that uniquely interprets the music and his story, including a 12-page booklet that features photos, original hand-painted artwork, album insights and much more. “Since ‘Please Don’t Go’ Chloe has visualised the artwork through her interpretation of my music,” Flores shares. “My music wouldn’t be the same without her vision alongside it. There are no words to describe how seamlessly the artwork and vinyl for Welcome to the Plains encompasses my voice, and I’m so grateful she’s always been able to tell the story of my music through her art.”

RELATED NEWS: Wyatt Flores Shares New Songs "Little Town" & “Oh Susannah”

WYATT FLORES SHARES NEW SONG “LITTLE TOWN OUT NOW 

NASHVILLE, TN. – (For Immediate Release) – Rising country artist Wyatt Flores shared new song, “Little Town”, on Friday Oct 18, 2024, ahead of the release of his highly anticipated full-length debut album Welcome To The Plains, out this Friday (18th October) via Island Records. Listen to “Little TownHERE (preferred platform)

Reflecting on the song, Flores shares, “I was watching Cars with my band one night, and I started thinking about how small towns bring simple joys and small problems. There’s a beauty to that that gets overlooked.” 

Ahead of the release of Welcome To The Plains, Flores has shared two additional songs: “Don’t Wanna Say Goodnight,” and “Oh Susannah,” of which NPR praises, “it just speaks to his power as this young songwriter in the country lane, doing what I think is some of the most powerful music I’ve heard in a very long time.”

In celebration of the new music, Flores will make his late-night television debut on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” this Thursday, 17th October and will continue to tour through the end of this year with his “Welcome To The Plains Tour.” Flores has also been announced as a performer at C2C: Country to Country Festival in March 2025, where he will be hitting London, Glasgow, Belfast, Berlin and Rotterdam. Full UK/EU dates below and details can be found at www.wyattfloresmusic.com/tour. 
ICYMI 

ABOUT WYATT FLORES

Born and raised in Oklahoma, the Mexican-American artist has established himself as one of country music’s most vital voices with his three previous EPs, including Half Life, which was released earlier this spring. 
Receiving widespread critical attention, The New York Times praised, “Wyatt Flores…Has a Superpower: Tapping Emotions,” while NPR Music declared, “a fantastic record…he is making a big splash out there” and Holler proclaimed, “Flores at his gloriously life affirming, existential best.” 

Further adding to his breakout year, Flores was named one of Rolling Stone’s 25 “Future of Music” artists, selected as Amazon’s Breakthrough Artist of the Year, included in Spotify’s Hot Country Class of 2024 and CMT’s Listen Up class, and made his Grand Ole Opry debut earlier this year. Additionally, Flores has garnered over 325 million streams to date, saw his 2022 breakout single, “Please Don’t Go”, scale the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart and had his song “Before I Do” with Jake Kohn featured on the soundtrack for the new Twisters movie.

Sunday 20 October 2024

Morgan Wade announces UK & European leg of her OBSESSED world tour for March 2025.

MORGAN WADE ANNOUNCES UK & EUROPEAN LEG OF HER OBSESSED WORLD TOUR FOR MARCH 2025.




































Hugely praised alternative country star Morgan Wade has announced the highly anticipated UK & European leg of her OBSESSED world tour for March 2025.

The five-date run starts on March 23rd at Tolhuistuin in Amsterdam before hitting the UK for her largest UK headline show to date at the O2 Forum Kentish Town in London on March 25th. Morgan will then call at Manchester’s Albert Hall (26th), Whelan’s in Dublin (27th) and finish at the O2 Academy Glasgow on March 30th.

Artist pre-sale started at 10am local time (October 15th), O2 Priority pre-sale commenced at the same time the following day. Spotify and Live Nation pre-sale started at 10am local time on Thursday 17th October and tickets went on GENERAL SALE at 10am local time Friday 18th October. Tickets will be available via www.morganwademusic.com

MORGAN WADE OBSESSED MARCH 2025 UK & EUROPEAN TOUR DATES
23 March 2025 - Amsterdam, Tolhuistuin
25 March 2025 - O2 Forum Kentish Town, London (9 - 17 Highgate RD, Kentish Town NW5 1JY) £33.00 / VIP Packages £104- £140 Ticketmaster UK
26 March 2025 - Albert Hall, Manchester (Peter Street, M2 5QR)  £28.50 Ticketmaster UK
28 March 2025 - Whelan’s, Dublin, (25 Wexford St, Dublin, Dublin 2) Ticketmaster IE
30 March 2025 - O2 Academy Glasgow, Glasgow (121 Eglington Street, G5 9NT) Ticketmaster UK

Morgan Wade is touring her critically acclaimed third album Obsessed. An entirely solo-written 14-track collection, Obsessed was produced by her touring guitarist Clint Wells and pares things back to the essence of who Wade is as a musician, storyteller, and human.

She writes with incredible force about the ache for home and the emotion of being reunited with loved ones, of feeling dangerously preoccupied with someone, and of being in situations that society might consider outside the norm.

Wade also does a thorough examination and inventory of her journey as a person, not sparing any ugly details when she’s been the one at fault. The album also includes Wade’s first-ever collaboration, joining forces with Kesha for mournful ballad ‘Walked on Water’.

The forthcoming Obsessed tour sees Morgan Wade returning to tour with her full band following her widely praised ‘Crossing State Lines (And Oceans!)’ acoustic tour in 2023 which received a rapturous response from audiences the world over.

Her Obsessed tour is currently running right across North America for the next six months before she heads across the ocean for the UK & European tour dates in March.  

CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR OBSESSED
“An alt-country talent destined for imminent stardom” The i – 4/5
“The queen of honest story telling” Daily Mirror
 “Blessed with a voice that carries a Stevie Nicks-like huskiness with hints of Sheryl Crow… her hard-bitten tone suits the rawness of Obsessed” Daily Mail – 4/5

 “Epic longing and tuneful heartbreak” Daily Star 
“Showing off her aptitude for laying bare emotional storytelling and heart-crushing nostalgia, Wade cleverly exposes her fragilities and regrets across the album's 14 tracks” Grammy
 “She’s without a doubt one of the finest singers in country and Americana music today, and this album is her best yet” No Depression

“Another step forward for Wade” Entertainment Focus – 4.5 / 5
“Poignant, heartwarming honesty… Many of these songs can be applied to anyone experiencing similar feelings, so expertly and often tragically articulated on the intimate Obsessed” American Songwriter
 “A very personal album from Wade which repays repeated listens to explore her emotional and finely crafted lyrics, in her expressive voice.” Americana UK – 9/10