Israel Nash Announces New Album LIFTED Out July 27th, 2018

Texas' genre-bending rock 'n' roller Israel Nash announces the release of his fifth studio album, Lifted, on July 27th, 2018 via Desert Folklore Music/Thirty Tigers. Debuting the album's first single "Rolling On" with Magnet Magazine, they describe, "The ethereal ode to perseverance neatly encapsulates the ambitious sonic direction and pronounced optimism of the LP as a whole, which marries the steel-guitar-drenched psychedelic country/folk vibe of his last two releases with layers of echoey '60s-pop classicism." The track acts as the album's manifesto, an anthem of urgency, encouraging the listener to let go of yesterday's troubles and move forward with positivity. Listen to "Rolling On" here. Lifted is available for pre-order here.

Lifted, a modern day hippie-spiritual, finds Nash continuing his tradition of creating a sonic landscape that is at once both vast and intimate - soaring and untamed at times, placid and sincerely personal at others. Accompanied by his longtime band, with arrangements by Jesse Chandler (Mercury Rev, Midlake), horns by members of Austin's cumbia/funk compadre's Grupo Fantasma, and strings from Kelsey Wilson and Sadie Wolf (Wild Child), Nash, alongside co-producer and engineer Ted Young (Kurt Vile, The Rolling Stones), presents an album that soars with meticulously crafted, multi-hued rock and psychedelia.

The album was recorded at Israel Nash's own studio, a Quonset hut structure called Plum Creek Sound at his home in Dripping Springs, Texas. During the process the studio became a sanctuary for Nash, a creative environment where he often reached a meditative state of escapism, creating a space where he could leave behind his downhearted feelings about the current political landscape and the bigger, existential questions those concerns raise.

Being able to finally use Plum Creek Sound to its full potential, Nash set about recording found sounds and field recordings from his Texas ranch, with the aim of creating a listening experience that was almost an immersive representation of his environment. Drums played in rain collection tanks, water rushing against the limestone, frogs, crickets, and even a rattlesnake all appear throughout the record. Taking inspiration from methods pioneered by John Cage, Nash then randomized the sounds and music before rearranging them according to the I Ching (The Book of Changes). This process of experimenting, as Nash explains, was key to the making of Lifted.

"It's all about finding, searching for little sparks of inspiration. It may be a sound, a groove, a color, or even an object. Old things are inspiring. Whatever it is, when you find it, it spreads like a conflagration that is out of your control. It doesn't matter if you're making a record or living your life, find these inspirations with a vigil eye and watch them change both you and your world."

Lifted, Israel Nash's opus, is a fully realized, psychedelic, experimental, Americana rooted epic. By immersing oneself in Lifted, one can see Nash succeeds in a way that's exquisite yet spiritually satisfying. Nash welcomes you to join him on his uplifting path - one he's taken throughout his career, now continuing on a higher, imaginative plane.

Israel Nash and his band hit the road this summer in support of Lifted, bringing their incendiary live show to 8 cities across North America, with more dates to be announced soon. Kicking off with a hometown album release show at The Scoot Inn in Austin on July 27th, the band will make their way to major cities such as Dallas, Kansas City and Minneapolis before wrapping up on August 7th at The Bluestem PAC in Moorehead, MN, opening for Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats. All announced dates are below and tickets can be purchased at israelnash.comand please stay tuned for more dates to be announced soon.

Lifted Tracklisting:

Rolling On (Intro)

Rolling On

Looking Glass

Lucky Ones

Sweet Springs (Intro)

Sweet Springs

SpiritFalls

Northwest Stars (Out Of Tacoma)

Hillsides

The Widow

Strong Was The Night

Golden Fleeces

Israel Nash on Tour:

7/27/2018	Scoot Inn	Austin, TX+
7/31/2018	Club Dada	Dallas, TX
8/1/2018	South On Main	Little Rock, AR
8/2/2018	Off Broadway	St. Louis, MO^
8/3/2018	Crossroads	Kansas City, MO*
8/4/2018	Raccoon Motel	Davenport, IA
8/5/2018	Palace Theater	Minneapolis, MN*
8/7/2018	Bluestem PAC	Moorehead, MN*

+ with Feverbones & Curtis Roush

^ with Old 97's

*with Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats

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