The video was directed by Nathan Karma Cox and produced by Cory Reeder. “All of us grew up during a time when big budget music videos influenced the culture, and we vividly remember how much MTV impacted us as kids,” the band recalls in a press release.
“When you have a chorus that proclaims ‘How High!’, we felt we needed a video to match that big energy.”
Play Loud is produced by Grammy-winning producer Dave Sardy (Oasis, Modest Mouse, The Who) and finds the band collaborating with outside songwriters for the first time ever, including Kevin Griffin and Sam Hollander on “How High.”
“On the first two albums, people might have thought we were three guys who sit around a campfire, praying to Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker, and we’re not,” notes bassist Alex Stiff. “We’re three different guys with different musical tastes. It’s time for all of us to show our individuality, and this record shows us evolving.”
The band will hit the road this fall for a North American tour. It kicks off in October in Milwaukee and concludes in November in Los Angeles. See below for a complete list of upcoming shows. More info and tickets HERE.
The Record Company—consisting of guitarist/lead vocalist Chris Vos, bassist Alex Stiff and drummer Marc Cazorla—most recently released their EP Side Project (also via Concord Records), which finds the band reimagining and reconstructing some of their favorite tracks by a wide range of artists including Big Mama Thornton, Cypress Hill, INXS and Willie Dixon. Listen HERE.
Play Loud is the follow-up to the band’s critically lauded sophomore album All of This Life. The band’s debut, Give It Back to You, earned them a Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary Blues Album. The critically acclaimed record produced three Top Ten hits at Triple-A radio, including lead single “Off the Ground,” which reached #1 on Billboard’s Adult Alternative Songs chart. The Record Company has appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” CBS “This Morning,” NPR’s “World Café” and SiriusXM, and has shared bills with John Mayer, My Morning Jacket, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Zac Brown Band.
Track listing:
1. Never Leave You
2. How High
3. Gotta Be Movin’
4. Out Of My Head
5. Live As One
6. Today Forever
7. Get Up And Dance!
8. Paradise
9. Awake
10. Lady Lila
11. Midnight Moon
12. Ain’t Going Home
2. How High
3. Gotta Be Movin’
4. Out Of My Head
5. Live As One
6. Today Forever
7. Get Up And Dance!
8. Paradise
9. Awake
10. Lady Lila
11. Midnight Moon
12. Ain’t Going Home
Tour dates:
October 10—Turner Hall Ballroom—Milwaukee, WI
October 12—Mercury Ballroom—Louisville, KY
October 13—St. Andrews Hall—Detroit, MI
October 14—Metro—Chicago, IL
October 15—Elevation—Grand Rapids, MI
October 16—A&R Music Bar—Columbus, OH
October 18—Town Ballroom—Buffalo, NY
October 19—The Axis Club—Toronto, ON
October 21—Higher Ground Ballroom—South Burlington, VT
October 22—Aura—Portland, ME
October 24—Paradise Rock Club—Boston, MA
October 25—Irving Plaza—New York, NY
October 27—Theatre of Living Arts—Philadelphia, PA
October 28—Lincoln Theatre—Washington, DC
October 29—XL Live—Harrisburg, PA
October 30—Cat’s Cradle—Carrboro, NC
October 31—The Underground—Charlotte, NC
November 2—Bijou Theater—Knoxville, TN
November 4—The Orange Peel—Asheville, NC
November 5—Georgia Theatre—Athens, GA
November 6—Brooklyn Bowl—Nashville, TN
November 7—Delmar Hall—St. Louis, MO
November 9—The Sylvee—Madison, WI
November 10—Varsity Theater—Minneapolis, MN
November 11—Wooly’s—Des Moines, IA
November 13—Fox Theatre—Boulder, CO
November 14—Gothic Theatre—Englewood, CO
November 16—Knitting Factory—Boise, ID
November 17—Neptune Theatre—Seattle, WA
November 18—Roseland Theater—Portland, OR
November 20—Fillmore—San Francisco, CA
November 22—Teregram Ballroom—Los Angeles, CA
October 12—Mercury Ballroom—Louisville, KY
October 13—St. Andrews Hall—Detroit, MI
October 14—Metro—Chicago, IL
October 15—Elevation—Grand Rapids, MI
October 16—A&R Music Bar—Columbus, OH
October 18—Town Ballroom—Buffalo, NY
October 19—The Axis Club—Toronto, ON
October 21—Higher Ground Ballroom—South Burlington, VT
October 22—Aura—Portland, ME
October 24—Paradise Rock Club—Boston, MA
October 25—Irving Plaza—New York, NY
October 27—Theatre of Living Arts—Philadelphia, PA
October 28—Lincoln Theatre—Washington, DC
October 29—XL Live—Harrisburg, PA
October 30—Cat’s Cradle—Carrboro, NC
October 31—The Underground—Charlotte, NC
November 2—Bijou Theater—Knoxville, TN
November 4—The Orange Peel—Asheville, NC
November 5—Georgia Theatre—Athens, GA
November 6—Brooklyn Bowl—Nashville, TN
November 7—Delmar Hall—St. Louis, MO
November 9—The Sylvee—Madison, WI
November 10—Varsity Theater—Minneapolis, MN
November 11—Wooly’s—Des Moines, IA
November 13—Fox Theatre—Boulder, CO
November 14—Gothic Theatre—Englewood, CO
November 16—Knitting Factory—Boise, ID
November 17—Neptune Theatre—Seattle, WA
November 18—Roseland Theater—Portland, OR
November 20—Fillmore—San Francisco, CA
November 22—Teregram Ballroom—Los Angeles, CA
