Drive & Cry, by Emily Nenni

Drive & Cry

by Emily Nenni

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1.	Get To Know Ya 03:46	buy track
2.	Greatest Hits
3.	Lay Of The Land
4.	I Don’t Have To Like You
5.	Drive & Cry
6.	Changes 04:31	buy track
7.	I Don’t Need You
8.	I Can’t Pretend It Never Happened
9.	Rootin’ For You
10.	We Sure Could Two Step
11.	Set On The Steps
12.	Amarillo Highway 03:24	buy track

about

Emily Nenni has written a follow-up to 2022’s critically acclaimed record, On The Ranch. Her debut album garnered her much success and introduced her to a devoted audience of music fans who celebrate the traditional side of country music while embracing the modern indie aesthetic that comes with that nod to the past. While writing her latest record, Drive & Cry, Nenni looked in the rearview mirror for inspiration but kept focus on the sound that she has become known for. “This is the first record I have completely written on my own. I spent a good bit of solitary time ruminating on things that had happened over the last year or two. Rethinking what I’m doing, how I’m doing it, who with, even in just the everyday. Change is hard but also such a gift.”

Nenni worked with producer John James Tourville (The Deslondes, Sunny War) to broaden her sound and bring in nuance to the recording. The record was engineered by Jake Davis and mixed by Matt Ross-Spang in Memphis, TN. The resulting recording is a matured country sound that focuses on the fun and the tears that come with all changes in life.

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releases May 3, 2024

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Produced by John James Tourville
Except
“Changes” produced by Jake Davis and Alex Lyon
Engineered by Jake Davis at Creative Workshop in Berry Hill, Nashville, TN
Assistant engineer: Parker Cason
Mixed by Matt Ross-Spang at Southern Grooves in Memphis, TN
Mastered by John Baldwin at Infrasonic Sound in Nashville, TN

Management: Kimberly Wooten & Adam Barnes for Space Colonel Management
Booking: Tommy Alexander, Paige Maloney, Yitzi Peetluk at Wasserman
Photography: Alysse Gafkjen
Cover: Taylor Rushing
Packaging and layout: Matt Etgen
Technical assistance: Henry Owings

Bella White appears courtesy of Rounder Records

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First and foremost and always, I want to thank my family. They always keep me going, are always there to listen and support and love.
To my Teddy’s boys, Jack Quiggins and Ryan Jennings, for busting your backsides with me for years and for always making my music better and for keeping it fun. We’ve been on the road a lot and navigated plenty and there’s no one else I’d rather experience the highs and lows with.
To John James - your hard work, empathy, selflessness, and encouragement really made this record. Ya really didn’t have to go that hard, but ya did and I can’t thank you enough. I’m so proud of this record we made together!
To Jake Davis, you have always worked so hard for the people and music that you love, and you do it so well. To see your career progress is such a joy and to get to work with you over the years has been just as wonderful.
To Parker Cason for welcoming us into Creative Workshop, for his excellent percussion, singing, and company. To Alex Lyon, Steve Daly, Mike Daly, Megan Coleman, Jo Schornikow, Silas Hamilton - I have never felt more comfortable or had more fun than recording with y’all. I am so grateful for your care and hard work and talent and for sharing it all with me. Kyshona Armstrong, Nickie Conley, Maureen Murphy - nobody else could’ve done it, and to watch you work was such a thrill. To my buds Hannah Juanita, Bella White, and Misa Arriaga for lending your special voices to these songs. To Billy Contreras and Jim Hoke for their remarkable work. To Luke Dickens for keeping the fridge full through recording. To my lovely Wasserman team, my main man Tommy Alexander, to Paige Maloney, and Yitzi Peetluk, for keeping me on the road and supporting me while I’m on it. I’m lucky to have you. To my friend and project manager Meg Barron, for following my ever wandering train of thought and for treating me and this record with such care. To THE crew at New West Records - I owe you many plates of cookies for your time and hard work and for allowing me to be myself. I truly love working with all of you. George Fontaine, Jr. and John Allen, y’all have given me such a gift! To my Nashville family at Santa’s Pub who has taught me so much. To every person who comes to see us on the road, listens to my music, and supports me and my team, it means more than you know. And last but never least, to Edna for being a good dog.

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All songs written by Emily Nenni (BMI)
Except
“Amarillo Highway” by Terry Allen
Green Shoes Publishing (BMI) c/o BMG Rights Management

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Emily Nenni Nashville, Tennessee

A singer-songwriter from the Bay Area, Nenni released her debut album, "Hell of a Woman," in 2018. Her musical inspiration ranges from girl groups of the 1960s to outlaw country of the 1970s. She has honed her honky tonk skills in double wide trailers and on Sunday nights, clubs across the south, as well as played for ranchers and wranglers in Wyoming, Montana, and Colorado. TRR are her boys. ... more

discography

Drive & Cry

May 2024
On The Ranch

Nov 2022
Long Game

Jun 2020

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