[Cover photo credit to Austin Leih]

Nashville-based singer/songwriter Andrew Combs has announced his sixth full-length album Dream Pictures, due out August 23, 2024 via Chunk of Coal / Missing Piece Records. Along with the announcement, Combs has shared his new single “Eventide,” an expression of gratitude dedicated to his wife.

Combs says about the new single:

This is an ode to my wife and the time we get to spend together at the end of the day. It is a snapshot of dusk – when the world starts to turn in for the evening, the children are sleeping, the dishes are put up, and we get to have a glass of wine while we sit back and take the day in. That usually is the time when I feel most grateful to be alive, and most appreciative of the world my wife and I have created here at home.

Dream Pictures was actually written “for the quiet hours that bring each day to a close.” At night, Combs would go into his garage to write, play his guitar, paint, and escape the world for a while, resulting in the 12 songs that would become Dream Pictures. 

Combs co-produced the record with drummer Dom Billett. The two musicians began touring together in 2017. With the exception of instrumentalist Spencer Cullum, who contributed to pedal steel, Dream Pictures was entirely recorded and performed by Combs and Billett.

Combs says about the album:

This record is about contentment: being at ease with who I am and where I am at in my life and career. It’s me sitting back at the end of each day and finding something that is inspiring, and embellishing on it. I don’t think many of these songs could’ve come if I was in turmoil. I think that dovetails with the album title, because being at ease with who I am lets my imagination run wild and gives me the ability to dream.