Ashley McBryde: ‘No Room On The Record For Your Opinion’
Ashley McBryde has announced that her forthcoming album titled The Devil I Know will be released on September 8. And she says that she did it her way.
Ashley said in a statement, “When it was time to put together The Devil I Know, my band and I did what we always do: got together in the purple building in East Nashville, played through a bunch of songs, and discussed where we wanted it to go. We decided to take all the things that people tend to give us a hard time for and turn it up.”
She continued, “‘Y’all are too country.’ We leaned into that – more country it is. ‘Y’all are awfully rock-leaning for a country artist.’ Is that so? You ain’t seen nothin’ yet. ‘Last thing y’all need is another tender, finger-pickin’ song.’ Oh? Tender makes you uneasy, cowboy? I hear you. Let’s see how much more tender we can be. We listened to all those opinions and said, ‘I hear you. I understand what you’re saying.’ But sadly, there’s no room on the record for your opinion. We’ll do what we want.”
McBryde also released a new song from the project called “Learned To Lie.” She said of the new song, “‘Learned to Lie’ was a hard one; I wrote it with Sean McConnell and Nicolette Hayford. After it was written, I called my mom to let her know that I had told a little bit more of our story as a family. I said, ‘It’s going to be hard to hear, but none of it is untrue.'”
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Ashley will be performing in Nashville for CMA Fest’s 50th Anniversary at Nissan Stadium next week. She will be on the road throughout the summer for a slew of headlining, festival shows, and tour dates with Eric Church and Jelly Roll.
The Devil I Know Track List:
Made For This (Ashley McBryde and Travis Meadows)
Coldest Beer in Town (Ashley McBryde, Autumn McEntire, and Nicolette Hayford)
Light On In The Kitchen (Ashley McBryde, Jessi Alexander, and Connie Harrington)
Women Ain’t Whiskey (Ashley McBryde, Hillary Lindsey, Jon Nite, and Chris LaCorte)
Learned To Lie (Ashley McBryde, Nicolette Hayford, and Sean McConnell)
The Devil I Know (Ashley McBryde, Jeremy Stover, and Bobby Pinson)
Single At The Same Time (Ashley McBryde, Benjy Davis, and Andy Albert)
Cool Little Bars (Ashley McBryde, Trick Savage, and Lainey Wilson)
Whiskey and Country Music (Ashley McBryde, John Osborne, and Lee Thomas Miller)
Blackout Betty (Ashley McBryde, Aaron Raitiere, and Nicolette Hayford)
6th Of October (Ashley McBryde, Blue Foley, and CJ Field)
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