William Tyler Announces New Album Modern Country

Guitarist and composer William Tyler has announced the follow-up to 2014′s Lost Colony. Modern Country is out June 3 via Merge. The album was tracked at Justin Vernon’s April Base Studios in Eau Claire, Wisc. with Glenn Kotche (Wilco), Phil Cook (Hiss Golden Messenger), and Darin Gray (Tweedy, Jim O’Rourke). “Modern Country is a love letter to what we’re losing in America, to what we’ve already lost,” said Tyler in a statement. “We stand at the precipice of the twilight of empire, the decline of so many national institutions and the vanishing of certainties.” Tyler is currently on tour with the Mountain Goats. Check out his tour dates, album artwork, tracklist, and Elise Tyler-directed album trailer below.

Modern Country:

01 Highway Anxiety
02 I’m Gonna Live Forever (If It Kills Me)
03 Kingdom of Jones
04 Albion Moonlight
05 Gone Clear
06 Sunken Garden
07 The Great Unwind

William Tyler:

04-11-13 Chicago, IL – City Winery *
04-14 Grand Rapids, MI – Covenant Fire Arts Center *
04-16 York, PA – Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center *
04-17-19 New York, NY – City Winery *
08-12 Eau Claire, WI – Eaux Claires Festival
08-16 Kansas City, MO – CrossroadsKC ^
08-17 St. Louis, MO – The Fabulous Fox Theatre ^

* with The Mountain Goats
^ with Wilco

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