Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real have released their highly anticipated new album – A Few Stars Apart – that is out everywhere via Fantasy Records. Here, we review the record. Stream/purchase the record here.
Once again the Dave Cobb-Lukas Nelson partnership reigns supreme. A Few Stars Apart – produced by Cobb – is a testament to finding a human connection, between close family and friends, as well as with oneself. The album was inspired by the stillness Nelson found while riding out the beginning of the pandemic with his family in Texas and was recorded with the full band live on eight-track tape over three weeks at Nashville’s historic RCA Studio A. Across the record’s eleven new songs, Nelson reveals what it means to come home again, to be still, and to find community—and yourself. The record is a compelling and focussed project that creates a seamless sonic landscape, uncovering the meaning of ‘home.’ Sonically, the record creates a lush sonic landscape that is varied and moving – meandering from one track to the next.
“I’m from what one might say is the ultimate road family—I’ve been on the road my entire life,” shares Nelson. “I’ve never been anywhere longer than three months, and suddenly here we are, the four of us together. And thank god we were together. I can’t remember the last time we had that much time together as a family. We had a lot of really important bonding that happened during that time. And I have to say, as terrible as the pandemic has been in so many ways, for my inner peace, I was able to take a lot of good from this time. I was able to pause and reflect.”
He continues, “It took me a really long time to come back to the home in my heart. In a physical sense, that’s Texas and Hawaii. But in a spiritual sense as well—I think I finally decided not to run from who I am and who I am destined to be. First and foremost, that’s a songwriter. That’s what this record means to me. There’s a story being told through the whole record. A story about connection and coming home.”
A FEW STARS APART TRACKLIST
We’ll Be Alright
Perennial Bloom (Back To You)
Throwin’ Away Your Love
A Few Stars Apart
No Reason
Leave ‘Em Behind
Wildest Dream
Giving You Away
Hand Me A Light
More Than We Can Handle
Smile
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