[Cover photo credit to Noah Torralba]
Nashville-based, Oregon-born multi-platinum singer, songwriter, and producer Mat Kearney explores melancholy on his latest single “Drowning in Nostalgia.” It’s the fifth song from Kearney’s self-titled studio album which is due out May 15th, 2024 via Middle Kid Records.
Kearney work with Producer Mokita (David Guetta, Demi Lovato, Zac Brown Band) on the single, and is one of two that he did with Mokita. It was written by Kearney, Mokita, and Trent Dabbs (Ingrid Michaelson, Kacey Musgraves, COIN) who also sings backing vocals on the track.
“Drowning in Nostalgia” was Produced by Mokita and Kearney and mixed by Grammy Award-winning mix engineer Michael Brauer (John Mayer, Coldplay).
Kearney says:
It’s the most fictitious song on the record. I wanted to write a song that felt as if you were in the mountains of Montana. It’s about the tension felt when getting to a place of fullness but you are your own worst enemy. The story of that song is how that applies in certain aspects of my own life. At the core, there’s a question of whether we’re writing our story or our story is writing us. Our history can sometimes feel too much to overcome and this song is sort of trying to understand that tension.
“Drowning in Nostalgia” follows “Sumac,” “Palisades,” “Headlights Home” and “Good Thing Going On.”
Kearney tapped The Brook and the Bluff, a group he’s a big fan of, to play as his backing band on several of the album’s tracks, a first for Kearney.
He credits the sound and vibe of the album on this move, adding:
…these guys aren’t session players, they just have this feel together. And my favorite music is like that: people leaving space for each other, each one’s limitations complementing the other’s. And in a weird way it became like a democracy.
Kearney will hit the road in June for the start of a US headline tour that continues in August and through November.
Confirmed US Tour Dates:
5/5 – Charleston, SC – LiveWild Festival
6/13 – Bend, OR – Tower Theatre
6/14 – Seattle, WA – The Moore Theatre
6/15 – Portland, OR – Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
6/17 – Spokane, WA – Bing Crosby Theater
6/18 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory
6/19 – Salt Lake City, UT – Red Butte Gardens
6/21 – Missoula, MT – The Wilma
6/22 – Bozeman, MT – The Elm
6/24 – Aspen, CO – Belly Up
6/25 – Denver, CO – Paramount Theatre
6/27 – Kansas City, MO – Madrid Theatre
6/28 – Des Moines, IA – Hoyt Sherman Place
6/30 – Grand Rapids, MI – Frederik Meijer Gardens
8/15 – Ridgefield, CT – Ridgefield Playhouse
8/16 – North Stonington, CT – Jonathan Edwards Winery
8/18 – Nantucket, MA – The Chicken Box
9/10 – Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room at Old National Centre
9/12 – Minneapolis, MN – State Theatre
9/13 – Milwaukee, WI – The Pabst Theatre
9/14 – Chicago, IL – The Vic Theatre
9/16 – St. Louis, MO – Pageant
9/17 – Columbus, OH – Southern Theatre
9/19 – Nashville, TN – Ryman
9/20 – Louisville, KY – Bourbon & Beyond Festival
9/21 – Atlanta, GA – The Tabernacle
9/23 – Raleigh, NC – Carolina Theater
9/24 – Charlotte, NC – Knight Theater
9/26 – Washington, DC – Lincoln Theatre
9/27 – Glenside, PA – Keswick
9/28 – Boston, MA – Orpheum Theater
9/30 – Albany, NY – The Egg
10/1 – New York, NY – Webster Hall
10/2 – Harrisburg, PA – XL Live
11/7 – Houston, TX – Heights Theater
11/8 – Dallas, TX – Majestic Theater
11/9 – Austin, TX – ACL Live at The Moody Theater
11/11 – Santa Fe, NM – Lensic Performing Arts Center
11/12 – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre
11/14 – Phoenix, AZ – Van Buren
11/15 – San Diego, CA – Humphrey’s Concerts by the Bay
11/16 – Anaheim, CA – House of Blues
11/18 – Santa Barbara, CA – Lobero Theatre
11/19 – Menlo Park, CA – Guild Theater
11/20 – Napa, CA – Uptown Theatre
