BLACKBERRY SMOKEhave today announced the release of their hotly anticipated new album,You Hear Georgia, on 28 May via 3 Legged Records/Thirty Tigers. The Atlanta-based band have also revealed the a video for the album's title track, which you can watch at the link below. You can also pre-order the albumhere, with a red/yellow marbled limited edition coloured vinyl exclusively available at UK indie stores, as well as bundles and a red edition at the EuropeanD2C Store.

Across the collection's ten new songs,BLACKBERRY SMOKEcontinue to embody their native Georgia's rich musical legacy as they have for the past two decades, honouring the people, places and sounds of their home state. With the addition of producer Dave Cobb, a fellow Georgian, the new album pays homage to the band's deep respect for their roots.

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OfYou Hear Georgia, lead singer Charlie Starr shares, "Lyrically, the song is about the South being misunderstood. It's obviously a rough and tumble world, and there's a lot of bad people, but there's a lot of good people too. It started with the idea of how people might have a pre-conceived opinion of you because of a thick Southern accent, then expanded into the reality of how some people just seem to have such a hard time getting along, thanks to political or religious views, or simply what part of the country you come from."

The new album also features special guest appearances from Jamey Johnson (Lonesome For A Livin') and Warren Haynes (All Rise Again),as well as background vocals from The Black Bettys.

You Hear Georgiafollows the release of 2018'sFind A Light, which debuted at #12 on the Official UK Album Chart and landed as the best-selling Country & Americana/Folk album in the USA, entering at #3 on theBillboardTop Country Albums chart and #2 on theBillboardAmericana/Folk Albums chart. Released to broad critical acclaim,Guitar Worlddeclared the band "one of the hottest and most exciting acts around," andRolling Stonehailed the band as "part of a lineage that shares a love of Petty, the Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Hank Williams Jr., able to ride an Americana vibe or peel off a stomping riff and tie it all together without a hint of pretense."

Following the release ofFind A Light, the band embarked on three additional projects - a live album & concert film,Homecoming: Live In Atlanta, which debuted at #1 onBillboard's Americana/Folk Album Sales chart, a 6-song acoustic EP,The Southern Ground SessionsandLive From Capricorn Sound Studios,an EPof six cover songs with special ties to the historic Georgia studio.

Since forming in 2001,BLACKBERRY SMOKEhas continued to tourrelentlessly, building a strong and loyal community of fans. Their music has also been prominently featured in the hit TV show,Yellowstoneand they've performed on BBC TV'sLater With Jools Hollandand NBC'sLast Call with Carson Daly.

In addition to their work as musicians,BLACKBERRY SMOKEremain committed to charitable work and have raised nearly $500,000 to benefit children's cancer research.

1. Live It Down
2. You Hear Georgia
3. Hey Delilah
4. Ain't The Same
5. Lonesome For A Livin' (feat. Jamey Johnson)
6. All Rise Again (feat. Warren Haynes)
7. Old Enough To Know
8. Morningside
9. All Over The Road
10. Old Scarecrow

BLACKBERRY SMOKE are:

Charlie Starr - Lead vocals/Guitar
Paul Jackson - Guitar/B.vox
Richard Turner - Bass/B.vox
Brandon Still - Keyboards
Brit Turner - Drums/Percussion

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