[Cover photo credit to Lauren Bettino]

Alex Jordan makes a “plea for forgiveness” with new single “Saving Grace.” The track arrives with a music video that tells “the story of a man desperately trying to win back his girlfriend any way he knows how,” directed by award-winning duo Neilson Hubbard & Joshua Britt (John Prine, Jason Isbell).

“Saving Grace” is taken from Jordan’s upcoming album Queen Kerosene, out March 8th, 2024, via ALP. The album was Produced by four-time Grammy-winner Steve Berlin of Los Lobos and mastered by seven-time Grammy-winner Jim Scott (The Rolling Stones, Tom Petty, Sting).

Jordan relates about “Saving Grace”:

Only a few weeks before we solidified plans to make the record, I recall sitting in my bedroom on a cool night and jamming aimlessly on my Taylor until a verse appeared. I worked out the remaining parts of the song over the next few nights. I spent perhaps the most time on this song with lyrical edits, working with Kevin Russell (Shinyribs) who served as my lyrical spirit guide for much of the record. Closing the record out with the strong horn section and wailing vocals felt incredibly satisfying. I knew from the first take that this record was going to be a blast to make. 

Queen Kerosene was recorded at The Finishing School in Austin, Texas with a band of Austin-based musicians, including harmony singer Carrie Rodriguez and accordion player Josh Baca.

Jordan has spent the better part of the past decade playing with West Coast bands like Midnight North, fronted by Grahame Lesh. Playing guitar, piano and Hammond B3 organ onstage with Bob Weir, Phil Lesh and Peter Rowan, he became a fixture at Lesh’s Bay Area music venue Terrapin Crossroads.