Lawson have released their stunning new single, featuring Alyssa Bonagura (of The Sisterhood Band) – a stunning and emotional new ballad.
Hot on the heels of their successful comeback after over 1 million album sales on their debut, Lawson have returned with a fast rollout of singles in the past few months. ‘Killing Me’ now showcases the strengths in their softer side with an acoustic duet featuring Alyssa Bonagura, who wrote and originally recorded the song for her album Love Hard. It’s a stunning take on the hugely emotional song, elevated with the combination of layered vocals.
Back in 2015 Lawson finally achieved their country music dream of recording “Perspective” their follow up to debut album “Chapman Square” out in Nashville, TN. They were introduced to singer/songwriter and Nashville native Alyssa Bonagura seven years ago through producer John Fields. Now a frequent collaborator and co-producer on the track, Alyssa sung backing vocals on Love & War, Rio and many others so it only seemed right after all these years to duet with her officially. ‘Killing Me’ is about falling deeply in love after being without for so long and how unbearable the intensity of that feeling is.
‘Killing Me’ comes ahead of Lawson’s new album CMD Z due for release on July 2nd 2021 (pre-order here) & the band’s first UK tour in six years – tickets here:
25 Oct – Sheffield Leadmill
26 Oct – Nottingham Rescue Rooms
28 Oct – Leeds Uni Stylus
29 Oct – Manchester Academy 2
30 Oct – Birmingham O2 Institute
1 Nov – Norwich Waterfront
2 Nov – Oxford O2 Academy
4 Nov – Bristol Trinity
5 Nov – Brighton Concorde
6 Nov – London Shepherd’s Bush Empire
With the absence of live touring, the band have produced two livestreams via Veeps, with Alyssa Bonagura appearing with them on their Christmas livestream of last year.
Previous single ‘Animals’ gained Radio 2 playlisting and coverage on Metro, The Sun & The Daily Star, as well as support from ITV2/ITV4, whilst first single ‘Lovers’ in April had a stunning video which went straight to Number One in the iTunes video chart. Previous single ‘She Don’t Even Know’ was also added to Fresh Pop on Spotify & Fresh & Chilled Pop on Deezer as well as New Music Daily on Apple Music.
Lawson – completed by Joel Peat (guitar), Ryan Fletcher (bass) and Adam Pitts (drums) – reunited from their hiatus in 2018 to headline a show at Shepherd’s Bush Empire, which sold-out in a matter of minutes. Still the best of friends, the reaction they received inspired them to start a new chapter in their career. As Andy recalls fondly, “I think the look on people’s faces and the fun we all had together that night made us realise how much we love and miss our fans and each other. We have all been busy with different things the past few years but it felt like now was the perfect time to get back in the studio and just enjoy making music together again.”
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