Photo Credit: Shervin Lainez
In March, Lukas Nelson unveiled American Romance, his debut solo album and first offering since parting ways with his longtime band Promise of the Real. The country torchbearer’s second act–arriving on June 20 via Sony Music Nashville–was heralded by “Ain’t Done,” a stirring meditation on new horizons and summoning the will to move forward. Today’s he’s coupled the strong start with an official music video, directed by Gus Black, that mirrors the track’s close-up intensity.
“I went through this period of self-reflection and George Harrison’s song, ‘All Things Must Pass,’ was part of what got me through that moment,” Nelson reflected on the origins of “Ain’t Done.” “It gave me that understanding that it’s not for us to know what comes next. Everything changes and nothing stays the same.”
American Romance centers this sort of thoughtful storytelling that’s made Nelson a fixture of the country world for 15 years, now with a strikingly personal character communicated in sparsely arranged storytelling. The twelve-track project is produced by the country kingmaker–and fellow second-generation Highwayman–Shooter Jennings and includes collaborations with Sierra Ferrell, Stephen Wilson Jr., Anderson East and SistaStrings. Nelson’s tales of his life on the road so far are supported by a stacked instrumental ensemble of percussionist Matt Chamberlain and Chris Powell, bassist Corey McCormick, dobroist Marty Muse, guitarist Brian Whelan, fiddler Eleanor Whitmore and pedal steel from Russ Pahl.
“This album is the first chapter in a whole new era of my life as an artist,” Nelson shared. “It’s a love story to the country that raised me. Diners and highways that carried me through the joy and pain that led to the music you hear now.”
American Romance is available to pre-order now. Watch the music video for “Ain’t Done” below, and find more information on Nelson and his tour itinerary at lukasnelson.com.
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American Romance – Lukas Nelson:
1. Ain’t Done
2. Pretty Much
3. Make You Happy
4. Outsmarted
5. Disappearing Light (feat. Stephen Wilson Jr.)
6. Born Runnin’ Outta Time
7. All God Did
8. Montana
9. Friend in the End (feat. Sierra Ferrell)
10. The Lie
11. American Romance
12. You Were It
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