Ruthie Collins has released an expanded edition of her critically-acclaimed second album – Cold Comfort + – featuring unreleased material and stunning home recordings.
Sidewalk Records recording artist Ruthie Collins continues her journey of dreamy country music releases with Cold Comfort +, an expanded version of her critically-acclaimed 2020 release, Cold Comfort, available now, kicking off a mammoth year for Collins. Listen to the extended album here.
Cold Comfort + features new track, ‘Hypocrite,’ which impacts at Country Radio tomorrow. Co-written with fellow artist, best friend, and Runaway June member Natalie Stovall, ‘Hypocrite’ finds Collins working with a full band once again, pitting the lush sounds of pedal steel and Telecaster guitar against a storyline about the introspective wreckage of a messy breakup. It’s a cathartic combination that underscores her ability to blend various sounds into her own potent Country delivery.
Collins shares, “I hope ‘Hypocrite’ lets people know that even though we’re all trying our best to keep it together, there’s so much freedom in owning your emotions — in moving through them instead of blocking them — and that there is true healing and love on the other side.”
Unable to tour behind the album, Collins temporarily left her adopted hometown of Nashville and headed home to her mother’s place in upstate New York. There, she recorded acoustic renditions of three Cold Comfort highlights: ‘Hey Little Girl,’ ‘Joshua Tree,’ and ‘Wish You Were Here.’ Those homemade, reimagined versions all appear on Cold Comfort +, demonstrating Collins’ ability to deliver a knockout performance with little more than her voice and an acoustic guitar.
Featuring co-production from Wes Harllee and mixes by GRAMMY®-winner Ryan Freeland, Cold Comfort + is available now HERE.
