WYATT FLORES’ HIGHLY ANTICIPATED FULL-LENGTH DEBUT WELCOME TO THE PLAINS OUT OCTOBER 18
NEW SINGLE “DON’T WANNA SAY GOODNIGHT” OUT TOMORROW WITH AN OFFICIAL VIDEO
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NASHVILLE, TN. – (29th August, 2024) – Rising country artist Wyatt Flores has announced that he will be releasing his highly anticipated full-length debut album, Welcome To The Plains, on October 18th via Island Records. Pre-order/pre-save from tomorrow (30/8) here. Ahead of the release, Flores’ new single “Don’t Wanna Say Goodnight” will debut tomorrow at 5:01am BST alongside an official music video. Pre-save the song here.
Produced by Beau Bedford (Orville Peck, Shane Smith & The Saints) and recorded between Los Angeles and Asheville, Welcome To The Plains details Flores’ journey as he balances the struggle of leaving his hometown of Stillwater, Oklahoma with the highs and lows of life on the road. Across these 14 tracks, including songwriting collaborations with Old Crow Medicine Show’s Ketch Secor and Aaron Raitiere, Flores delivers the grounded and sincere storytelling he’s celebrated for, seamlessly blending traditional country and folk sounds.
Reflecting on the project, Flores shares, “It’s an album about home and a search for happiness. It’s an album about Stillwater, Oklahoma, and all the other little towns that have raised people like you and me. It’s an album about my family, and the people and places in my life who have defined who I am today. This album is happy on one side and heartbreak on the other, and whoever you are, I hope you find something you love in here.”
Flores is currently on tour in the UK, and in celebration of the new music, he will embark on his US “Welcome To The Plains Tour” this Autumn, which includes his largest headline shows to date. Full details can be found at www.wyattfloresmusic.com/tour.
Born and raised in Oklahoma, the Mexican-American artist has established himself as one of country music’s most vital voices with his three previous EPs, including Half Life, which was released earlier this spring. Receiving widespread critical attention, The New York Times praised, “Wyatt Flores…Has a Superpower: Tapping Emotions,” while NPR Music declared, “a fantastic record…he is making a big splash out there” and Holler proclaimed, “Flores at his gloriously life affirming, existential best.”
Further adding to his breakout year, Flores is nominated for Emerging Act of the Year at the 2024 Americana Music Association Honors & Awards, was named one of Rolling Stone’s 25 “Future of Music” artists, selected as Amazon’s Breakthrough Artist of the Year, included in Spotify’s Hot Country Class of 2024 and CMT’s Listen Up class, and made his Grand Ole Opry debut earlier this year. Additionally, Flores has garnered over 325 million streams to date, saw his 2022 breakout single, “Please Don’t Go,” scale the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart and had his song “Before I Do” with Jake Kohn featured on the soundtrack for the new Twisters movie.
WELCOME TO THE PLAINS TRACK LIST:
1. Welcome To The Plains
2. When I Die
3. Oh Susannah
4. Only Thing Missing Is You
5. Don’t Wanna Say Goodnight
6. Habits
7. Right Here with You
8. The Truth
9. Forget Your Voice
10. Angels Over You
11. Little Town
12. Stillwater
13. Falling Sideways
14. The Good Ones
(Credit: Natalie Rhea)