(August 30, 2016)
American Young's video "Soldier's Wife" has
been gaining popularity and clocked up over 1.6 million views.
Lifted from their debut
album AY, American Young's story of a wife whose husband has been deployed
overseas on military service has really captured the emotional turmoil of the
situation.
poignant - Rolling
Stone
powerful harmonies and innovative
instrumentation - Taste of Country
Haunting, irreverent and entirely
unforgettable - The Culture Cloud
one of those rare musical gems that
stops you in your tracks the first time you hear it, yet manages to still grow
in beauty and depth with each subsequent listen. - Music News
AY the debut album from AMERICAN
YOUNG
Release Date: 5 Aug 2016
12 Tracks/ Time:
38:12
- Championed by Bob
Harris
- Phenomenal response at
Country2Country
- over 3 million streams
on Spotify
- album co-produced by
Lee Brice
PERFORMANCE OF SOLDIER'S
WIFE - CURRENTLY 1.6 MILLION VIEWS!
In a classic case of
"opposites attract," American Young finds two celebrated songwriters
— Kristy Osmunson and Jon Stone — joining forces, bringing
together a set of influences that run from classic country to modern pop. The
result is American Young's genre-bending debut album, a self-tiled record
filled with everything from entwined harmonies and fiddle solos to digital
samples.
“Jon’s a perfectionist
and a finisher,” explains Kristy, a classically-trained violinist who crossed
paths with her future bandmate at a Lee Brice performance in Nashville. “He
works harder than anybody I know. I’m all about the vibe and the feel of the
moment."
Jon's creative journey
includes co-writing Lee Brice's Number 1 single "A Woman Like You"
and collectively, as songwriters, they have written not only 11 of the 12
tracks on the album but hits for artists including Kenny Chesney, Blake
Shelton, Rascal Flatts, Joey + Rory and more.
Jon and Kristy couldn't
be more different — she drives a Chevy Volt, he rides a Harley; she grew up
surrounded by miles of country wilderness, he was raised in the city — but the
two complement one another, turning their 180-degree differences into a perfect
circle.
"The thing that’s so
inspiring for us both is that we’re so different," Jon adds.
"Everything that drives me crazy about her makes her a star. She’s
everything I wish I could be, but once we’re together we're like Voltron. It
becomes selfless; all our needs become secondary to American Young."
From "Point of
View," whose lighthearted back-and-forth brings to mind John Prine and
Iris Dement's "In Spite of Ourselves," to the debut single "Love
is War," combined drew a breathtaking 3 million Spotify plays in just 45
days, the self-titled American Young offers up 12 duets that are emotional one
minute and electric the next. Lee Brice, the band's close friend and co-producer,
makes an appearance on "Eighteen," a nostalgic song about rekindling
old memories and older relationships.
Released August 5 on Curb
Records, American Young's debut will be supported by a string of American and
international shows, with the band spreading their brand of country music far
beyond their homeland.
Website: http://www.americanyoung.com
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