[Cover photo credit to Hunter Way]

Kentucky-based Rock band Wayne Graham have released their new single “I Had Plans” from their forthcoming album Bastion, due out September 6, 2024 via Hickman Holler Records/Thirty Tigers. “I Had Plans” is an exploration of “having lots of dreams, plans, and being smacked down by a cruel world with other ideas” and is accompanied by a Charlie Brown-style animated video.

Bastion, which is their ninth studio album, embraces their Appalachian roots, but leans into Indie Rock sounds, as well as bringing in some Jazz influences. The album explores themes of “the meaning of home, and the feeling of no longer belonging to a place you grew up in.” Wayne Graham comprises brothers Kenny and Hayden Miles, as well as José Oreta and Germany-based instrumentalist Ludwig Bauer.

Kenny Miles says about their rootedness:

I feel very fortunate to be able to say we’re from here, and it’s inspiring to watch other people from this region find success. At the same time it can be very isolating. It feels strange to play our hometown, because our music isn’t what people are looking for here. Sometimes Wayne Graham feels like a square peg in a round hole.

Tour Dates

Aug 31 – Huntington, WV – Huntington Music & Arts Festival

Sep 13 – Effingham, IL – Summer Sundown Music Festival

Sep 25 – Washington, DC –  Pie Shop

Sep 26 – Thomas, WV – Purple Fiddle

Oct 2 – Raleigh, NC – Pour House Music Hall

Oct 3 – Richmond, VA – The Camel

Oct 4 – Wayne, PA – 118 North

Oct 6 – Gettysburg, PA – Ploughman Cider

Oct 11 – Louisville, KY – Zanzabar

Oct 12 – Pikeville, KY – Pikeville Pride

Oct 16 – Columbus, OH – Woodlands Tavern

Oct 17 – Newport, KY – Southgate House

Oct 19 – Campton, KY – The Kilns

Oct 20 – Huntington, WV – Mountain Stage

Oct 22 – New York, NY – Mercury Lounge

Oct 23 – Buffalo, NY – Buffalo Iron Works

Oct 24 – Pittsburgh, PA – Club Cafe

Oct 25 – Roanoke, VA – Martin’s Downtown

Oct 30 – Berlin, DE – Kultuhaus Insel

Oct 31 – Drachten, NL – Iduna

Nov 2 – Hilversum, NL – Vorstin

Nov 3 – Haarlem, NL – Patronaat

Nov 5 – Nijmegen, NL – Merleyn

Nov 7 – Dordrecht, NL – Bibelot

Nov 8 – Pforzheim, DE – Horch!

Nov 9 – Amen, NL – DeAmer

Nov 19 – Dresden, DE – Ostpol

Nov 30 – Lexington, KY – The Burl