Today, Nashville-based singer/songwriter Stephen Day releases new single “Old News” from an upcoming companion EP to last year’s Gold Mine which will come out on September 12 via Riser House Records.Co-written with the song’s producer Micah Tawlks (Hayley Williams, The Brook & The Bluff) along with Austin Goodloe (Tucker Wetmore, Ella Langley) and Josie Dunne (Corook, Zolita), “Old News” finds Day firmly stepping into the role of classic country crooner as he sings about lost love over gushing pedal steel and melancholy guitar.
In September, Day will hit the road with Icelandic blues rock band KALEO for a series of dates on their Mixed Emotions tour including stops in Charleston, Cincinnati, Minneapolis and more. He will then embark on a fall continuation of his Gold Mine Tour, which will take him through Oklahoma City, Lexington, Columbus and more. Tickets are on sale now. For a full list of dates, please see below or visit stephenday.org.
“While writing my album Gold Mine, I was constantly listening to old soul and country records and wanted to blend the two worlds in my own way,” shares Day. “Not long after releasing the record, I was reflecting on it with some friends and realized the album felt like it was missing that one sad lonesome cowboy tune. We messed around on some guitars for a bit and out came ‘Old News.’ Maybe one of the quickest songs that’s ever come out of me. It was like we were just trying to play catch up!”
Day first offered a preview of the companion EP with the previously-released “Sweet Iced Tea” featuring Allen Stone, which American Songwriter lauded as “a track perfect for summer” saying it “will quench your thirst for soul music.” Similar to the LP which owes as much to Frank Sinatra and Glen Campbell as it does to John Mayer and Stevie Wonder, these new songs are bold and lush, with warm arrangements, infectious hooks, impossibly smooth vocals and evocative guitar playing. The anything-goes production approach showcases the continued evolution of Day and Tawlks’ thrilling creative chemistry.
Day kicked off this year with an extensive headline tour with a number of sold-out shows in cities like Nashville, San Francisco, Boston and at LA’s Troubadour which Atwood Magazine called “a 24-karat masterclass in the enduring power of the live show.” Ahead of his sold-out show in his adopted hometown of Nashville, The Tennessean covered Day extensively in a front-page feature preceding a special-guest-filled night where Stephen Sanchez joined him to sing “It Was You.” Most recently, Day performed at the Recording Academy’s 24th Annual Nashville Chapter Block Party alongside Jon Pardi, 2’Live Bre and MŌRIAH.
All of this follows a series of impressive support slots with Stephen Sanchez, Teddy Swims, Ben Rector and more, as well as appearances at Wanderland Festival in the Philippines and Jazz Around Festival in Poland. In addition to touring success, since debuting in 2016, the Georgia native has garnered 170M cumulative on demand streams across two EPs and three full length albums.
