Preorder Emily Nenni’s Drive & Cry, due out May 3rd via New West Records and make plans to join us at her early record release celebration in the record store one day early, on Thursday, May 2nd. She’ll be performing a short set and then meeting fans and personalizing albums for folks afterwards. You can read more about our upcoming event with Emily on our site here.

Emily Nenni has written a follow-up to 2022’s critically acclaimed record, On The Ranch. Her debut album garnered her much success and introduced her to a devoted audience of music fans who celebrate the traditional side of country music while embracing the modern indie aesthetic that comes with that nod to the past. While writing her latest record, Drive & Cry, Nenni looked in the rearview mirror for inspiration but kept focus on the sound that she has become known for. “This is the first record I have completely written on my own. I spent a good bit of solitary time ruminating on things that had happened over the last year or two. Rethinking what I’m doing, how I’m doing it, who with, even in just the everyday. Change is hard but also such a gift.”

Nenni worked with producer John James Tourville (The Deslondes, Sunny War) to broaden her sound and bring in nuance to the recording. The record was engineered by Jake Davis and mixed by Matt Ross-Spang in Memphis, TN. The resulting recording is a matured country sound that focuses on the fun and the tears that come with all changes in life. Drive & Cry is available to preorder here on limited edition translucent pink vinyl LP, available exclusively at indie record shops, and on CD, both of which will be signed by Emily herself!

Preorders for local, store pickup will be available at Grimey’s on Thursday, May 2nd, for our event with Emily.

Preorders for mail order will ship out from Grimey’s on or around Friday, May 3rd.