ANDREW COMBS
BIO – PDF
Website: andrewcombsmusic.com
Facebook: facebook.com/andrewcombsmusic
Twitter: twitter.com/andrew_combs
Instagram: instagram.com/andrew_combs
IDEAL MAN (2019)
Press Release: Album Announcement / “Stars Of Longing” Video Premiere – PDF
PRAISE FOR IDEAL MAN:
"Combs is a songwriting marvel fast approaching something truly miraculous." 4/5 Stars - Mojo Magazine
“An incredibly dynamic record.” NPR Music
"Ideal Man is an exceptional example of quality songwriting and adventurous musicality." - The Associated Press
“Combs’ new record is the most self-styled piece of work he’s ever put out, bearing the marks and textures of an artist who has figured out how to translate the varied sounds he hears in his head into his records.” Rolling Stone Country
"It is no exaggeration to say that Ideal Man feels like Andrew Combs’ most intentional album yet." - No Depression
Ideal Man Album Cover Artwork
PRESS PHOTOS
Photo Credit: Fairlight Hubbard
Photo Credit: Fairlight Hubbard
Photo Credit: Fairlight Hubbard
Photo Credit: Fairlight Hubbard
Worried Man (DeluxE Edition) (2019)
Album Cover
five covers & a song (2018)
Album cover
Album cover
press photos
Credit: Andrew White
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Credit: Alysse Gafkjen
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ANDREW COMBS’ CANYONS OF MY MIND OUT NOW ON NEW WEST RECORDS
FULL ALBUM PREMIERES VIA ALLMUSIC
ON TOUR NOW WITH MORE DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON
“One of Nashville’s most poetically gifted young singer-songwriters.” NPR Music
NASHVILLE, TN (April 7, 2017) – Andrew Combs’ anticipated New West Records debut, Canyons Of My Mind, is available now digitally, on compact disc, and on 150g vinyl. The 11-song set was co-produced by Skylar Wilson (Justin Townes Earle, Caitlin Rose) & Jordan Lehning (Rodney Crowell, Caitlin Rose) and recorded at Battle Tapes Studio in East Nashville, TN. AllMusic premiered a full stream of Canyons of my Mind stating that the album “continues to blur the line between country-influenced singer-songwriter material and lush, layered indie pop.” In a stellar 4 (out of 5) star review of the record, American Songwriter adds, “Gorgeous, sympathetic production from Skylar Wilson and Jordan Lehning enhances these songs, adding the right balance of gravitas that, even with strings and backing vocals, never intrudes on Combs’ melodies...this is a superb, emotionally poignant album that displays and expands Andrew Combs’ impressive songwriting, musical and vocal talents.” Paste Magazine expounds on his vocal talents commenting, “We often equate the greatest singers with the widest range, the ones that tremble and roar. Andrew Combs has never been loud. He doesn’t dress loud, he doesn’t seek controversy or even talk abrasively. And he’s never had to wail to crescendo an emotion. He does something very pure and hard to find: choosing harmony and orchestral elegance over excess. He sings in the vein of Harry Nilsson, Kris Kristofferson and James Taylor, artists whose work carries an element of effortless sincerity. Combs has shared that timeless quality since his first record and Canyons Of My Mind is an assured and accomplished continuation of that.”
Combs is currently touring the U.S. with an extensive European tour to follow. Please see below for full details. Ahead of the tours, Garden & Gun recently premiered the “freewheeling” album track “Rose Colored Blues,” and Rolling Stone Country released the Ry Cox directed cinematic music video for album single “Blood Hunters,” which can now be viewed/shared Here. Acknowledging the sonic breadth of Combs’ work, Rolling Stone Country states of the single, “The song opens with Combs’ soothingly gorgeous vocals on haunting echo and spare electric guitar that crescendos into a fierce, Seattle-riffed fury. The musical gambit removes it even further away from the constraints of traditional country to forge a more experimental, rock-forward take on folk in the vein of Kevin Morby, Angel Olsen, Cass McCombs or even their forefather, Leonard Cohen.” NPR Music previously shared the music video for “Dirty Rain,” which can be seen Here. Calling Combs “one of Nashville’s most poetically gifted young singer-songwriters,” they state, “The subtle dissent Combs expresses in ‘Dirty Rain,’ and which surfaces throughout Canyons Of My Mind next to elegant love songs and mood pieces, speaks to his maturation as a songwriter. Andrew Combs possesses a voice that always provides a thrill; here, he makes sure it offers relevant substance, too.”
A Dallas native now living near the same Nashville airport immortalised in the opening sequence of Robert Altman’s country music odyssey, Andrew Combs is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, and heir to that 1975 film’s idea of the Nashville troubadour as a kind of musical monk. As a songwriter, Combs relies on meditative restraint rather than showy insistence to paint his canvases, a technique commensurate with his idea of nature as an overflowing spiritual wellspring. Combs refines the vulnerable vagabond persona he mastered on All These Dreams while pushing it beyond those boundaries, into a more pastoral realm aligned with artists like Nick Drake and Tim Buckley. The idea of the artist’s creative life as an ecosystem - one just as in need of cultivation and care as our own imperiled world - informs much of Canyons Of My Mind.
Canyons Of My Mind Track Listing:
1. Heart of Wonder
2. Sleepwalker
3. Dirty Rain
4. Hazel
5. Rose Colored Blues
6. Better Way
7. Lauralee
8. Blood Hunters
9. Silk Flowers
10. Bourgeois King
11. What It Means To You
praise for canyons of my mind
"One of Nashville's most poetically gifted young singer-songwriters" - NPR Music
"The song opens with Combs’ soothingly gorgeous vocals on haunting echo and spare electric guitar that crescendos into a fierce, Seattle-riffed fury. The musical gambit removes it even further away from the constraints of traditional country to forge a more experimental, rock-forward take on folk in the vein of Kevin Morby, Angel Olsen, Cass McCombs or even their forefather, Leonard Cohen.” - Rolling Stone Country, on “Bloodhunters”
"Combs is the rare writer who can make the personal seem universal, and break down the broad into pieces small enough to chew." - Rolling Stone Country
“[Canyons of my Mind] continues to blur the line between country-influenced singer-songwriter material and lush, layered indie pop.” - AllMusic
“Gorgeous, sympathetic production from Skylar Wilson and Jordan Lehning enhances these songs, adding the right balance of gravitas that, even with strings and backing vocals, never intrudes on Combs’ melodies...this is a superb, emotionally poignant album that displays and expands Andrew Combs’ impressive songwriting, musical and vocal talents.” - American Songwriter (4 out of 5 stars)
“We often equate the greatest singers with the widest range, the ones that tremble and roar. Andrew Combs has never been loud. He doesn’t dress loud, he doesn’t seek controversy or even talk abrasively. And he’s never had to wail to crescendo an emotion. He does something very pure and hard to find: choosing harmony and orchestral elegance over excess. He sings in the vein of Harry Nilsson, Kris Kristofferson and James Taylor, artists whose work carries an element of effortless sincerity. Combs has shared that timeless quality since his first record and Canyons Of My Mind is an assured and accomplished continuation of that.” - Paste Magazine
PREMIERES/EXCLUSIVES
NPR Music – Album Announcement & "Dirty Rain" Video Premiere
Rolling Stone Country – "Blood Hunters" Video Premiere
Garden and Gun – "Rose Colored Blues" Song Premiere
ALBUM ACCOLADES
American Songwriter – “Top 25 Albums of 2017”
NPR Music's All Songs Considered "New Mix"
Saving Country Music – "Best Songs of 2017 So Far"
Songpickr's "Best Albums of 2017 (so far)"
Wide Open Country – "5 Songs We're Listening To This Week"
The Bluegrass Situation – "Song Of The Week: Bourgeois King"
FEATURES
Rolling Stone Country – "Nashville Troubadour Andrew Combs Talks New Album, Political Discord"
AXS Video – "Andrew Combs On Anxiety, Harmonies and the State of the World"
TIDAL – "Coming Up: Andrew Combs"
The Boot – "Story Behind the Song: Blood Hunters"
The Tennessean – "Andrew Combs At His Melancholy Best On 'Canyons of My Mind'"
Nashville Scene – "Andrew Combs Steps Out of His Comfort Zone on Canyons of My Mind"
ALBUM REVIEWS
Paste Magazine, American Songwriter, Austin Chronicle, AllMusic, Twangville, Saving Country Music, Glide Magazine
TOUR DATES
CONTACTS
Management
Davis Inman – coinrecords@gmail.com
Michael Krumper – michael@missingpiecegroup.com
Press: New West Records
Brady Brock – bradybrock@newwestrecords.com
Radio: New West Records
Joel Habbeshaw – joel@newwestrecords.com
Booking: William Morris Endeavor (US)
Matt Elam – melam@wmeentertainment.com