Hard-living Nashville-bred neo-outlaw-countryman Justin Townes Earle will release his fifth LP, Single Mothers, on Sept. 9. The record comes after the singer’s contract with longtime label Bloodshot Records ended amicably, and a new relationship with Communion Records, Mumford and Sons’ Ben Lovett’s label, quickly went south.
“The only thing I hate about business is that it’s frowned upon to pistol whip the competition,” Earle tweeted in December. “Tweets are gonna be angry for awhile. Just found out I won’t be making a record for a while due to a bunch of pussies in an office. Never working with another record label.”
But Earle did work another label, apparently, as Single Mothers is coming out on Vagrant. Check out Earle singing the Mothers tune “White Gardenias” — a nice lonely country blues number — live at famed McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica, Calif., above, and peep the album’s track list after the jump.
Single Mothers track list:
1. "Worried Bout the Weather"
2. "Single Mothers"
3. "My Baby Drives"
4. "Today and a Lonely Night"
5. "Picture in a Drawer
6. "Wanna Be a Stranger"
7. "White Gardenias"
8. "Time Shows Fools"
9. "It’s Cold in This House"
10. "Burning Pictures"
