After more than 20 years on country music’s family tree, Dierks Bentley’s own branch has grown strong and solid, and with his upcoming 11th studio album Broken Branches, due out June 13 (Capitol Records Nashville), he comes to appreciate the knots and gnarl more than ever. Whittling down his essential sound to its rooted and most resolute, it finds a proud broken branch celebrating the outliers of country life – and of country music. The eleven songs embrace unruly characters wherever they’re found, ultimately adding beauty to the whole.

We’re thrilled to be able to celebrate the release of Broken Branches with Dierks a couple of days early, on Wednesday, June 11th, when he’ll be hanging at the record shop autographing copies of the new album on vinyl and CD! It’s available to preorder now on limited edition milky clear colored vinyl, available exclusively at indie record stores, and on CD. All preorders placed for local, event pick up will include a wristband for Dierk’s signing event on 6/11 at 12:00 PM. Wristbands are required to participate in the signing for all 13+. (Kids 12 & under don’t require a wristband if participating with a wristband-holding adult.) You can read more about our upcoming signing event with Dierks Bentley on our event listing.

In preparation for recording his new album, Dierks spent months listening to songs, often driving around the backroads of his Tennessee home, spinning raw demos with no names attached to the songs. Then he chose a mix of tracks with deep meanings and distinctive quirks, centered on the imperfect perfections of community spirit. Executive Produced by Mary Hilliard Harrington, each song grew from acoustic-guitar foundation in whatever direction felt right, and Dierks calls that a testament to producers Jon Randall and Ross Copperman, plus musicians like Charlie Worsham, Jedd Hughes, Rob McNelley and Bryan Sutton. Co-writing just four tracks himself and securing seven from outside writers (many for the first time), he dug deeper than ever before into Nashville’s thriving songwriting community.

“Broken Branches” became the anchor track on the album, as a grounded (but good-timing) anthem with a mood-boosting jukebox stomp in honor of nature’s black sheep, featuring multiple generations, the living legend John Anderson and rising hit maker Riley Green. Others like “Cold Beer Can” shows a different way of looking at a frosty 12-oz. and the heartwarming banjo-led “Never You (feat. Miranda Lambert)” tribute the essential companion in each life. Bentley returns to his bluegrass beginnings with the feverish “Well Well Whiskey,” tracks like the propulsive acoustic jam “Something Worth Fixing” celebrate life as a work in progress, the grungy alt-country of “Jesus Loves Me” explores a heartbroken “gospel truth” and “Off the Map” looks to quietly escape a relentless reality – whether on the beach, or a barstool. Meanwhile, the blazing heart of “Standing in the Sun" burns with the simple, life-giving power of true romance, while “For as Long as I Can Remember” tributes the Sequoia-like shelter a father provides and “Don’t Cry for Me” brings this project full-circle.

Event orders of Broken Branches are limited to four (4) copies TOTAL, per customer / household, so you can secure up to four (4) total wristbands per order placed. At our event Dierks will sign up to two (2) albums per person. *Wristbands are required for all 13+ to participate in our signing. (Kids 12 and under do not need wristbands to participate with a wristband-holding adult.)

- This is an in person, album signing only. -

Preorders for our event may be picked up at Grimey’s on the day of our event, Wednesday, June 11th.

All who preorder​ Broken Branches in advance of June 11th will receive an email with preorder pickup and event details. Meanwhile please reach out to us if you have any questions about our event or preorder: grimeys.records (at) gmail.com.

*Event orders for store pickup will be held for three months after release date. Please pick up your Broken Branches album no later than September 11th.