Um, Something Is Brewing in Tyler Childers Land
UPDATE: Tyler Childers Signs to Sony’s RCA Records, to Release New Album “Country Squier”
You gotta love when one of your favorite music artists starts massively screwing with you head with cryptic verbiage and imagery, making you rack your brand about what it might be all about. These days this usually means new music or some other big development is on the way, and that’s what fans of Tyler Childers are hoping for after being greeted by couple of strange anomalies popping up on the internet Tuesday evening.
On YouTube, the countdown to a live event has been posted by the official account of Tyler Childers set to go off Thursday, May 16th at 7 a.m. Central, 8 a.m. Eastern (see below). Also showing up on a fan forum of Sony Music is what appears to be a pre-save signup for new music in exchange for your email address. Both places are adorned with Tyler Childers sitting Native American style and smoking an antler pipe.
Tyler Childers is about due for new music. His last record Purgatory produced by Sturgill Simpson was released on August 4th, 2017, which would put him near two years if he announced a new album soon. Purgatory was released through Thirty Tigers, not Sony, so perhaps Childers has signed to the major label.
UPDATE: Saving Country Music has CONFIRMED that Tyler Childers has signed with Sony Records. More information on the specifics of the deal soon.
Tyler Childers has been on a tear since releasing Purgatory, selling out shows left and right, and becoming the fastest-rising performer in all of independent country music. The Kentucky native was a relative unknown for many years, though highly revered by local populations, until Sturgill Simpson’s drummer introduced the two, and Simpson decided to produce a record for him with David Ferguson.
Adding even more intrigue, though likely completely unrelated, another YouTube account called KO Outdoors Music Station has just posted four videos that claim to be new music from Tyler Childers with the same image being used on the official YouTube countdown clock and the Sony signup page. However the music sounds like bootleg material, and includes songs Childers has been playing in concert for a while like “Fraulein” and Pink Floyd’s “Time.” So unless it’s a live album coming from Childers, it may just be something to snooker people. It’s still some good listening though (but perhaps unauthorized).
More information when it becomes available.
63Guild
May 15, 2019 @ 4:40 am
Yeah sounds like a new album and pretty big deal if he did sign with Sony. Hopefully they would be smart enough to let him do his thing bit major labels are known for screwing up the simplest things
MH
May 15, 2019 @ 4:50 am
Hopefully it’s just a distribution deal and not a full-on record deal.
Rob
May 15, 2019 @ 6:34 am
I’m very confident Tyler Childers won’t sell out. Probably a distribution and marketing deal as MH said.
Mike W.
May 15, 2019 @ 3:48 pm
There is zero money (from Sony’s perspective) in tweaking Tyler Childers’ sound to appeal to a “mainstream audience”. Tyler has proven he can draw fans, gain listeners, and cultivate a fan base by sticking with his style. I see this as being something similar to the Sturgill Simpson deal, where Tyler still gets to do his thing, but now has major label backing. I doubt very highly Sturgill would have been able to play SNL or many of the late shows if it wasn’t for Sony’s backing. I suspect the same will be true for Childers.
Scooter
May 15, 2019 @ 4:45 am
Cot damn— FIRE IN THE HOLE!
Melissa W
May 15, 2019 @ 7:23 am
hopefully new music and a tour date near me!
Tex Hex
May 15, 2019 @ 7:54 am
New major label album announcement. Gotta be. Dude has been killing it. Time to level up.
Tex Hex
May 16, 2019 @ 5:14 am
Signed to RCA. New album, Country Squire, out August 2nd. New single “House Fire” out now.
Head Case
May 15, 2019 @ 10:03 am
Sitting Indian Style.
Black Boots
May 15, 2019 @ 10:58 am
Lickin my damn chops for new Tyler music. Hands down my favorite male country singer ever besides Hank sr.
CeeCeeBee
May 15, 2019 @ 11:21 am
I don’t know how to feel about this. If Sony leaves him alone and lets him do his thing AND gets behind him in terms of promotion, this could be awesome.
If not, it could be disastrous.
glendel
May 15, 2019 @ 11:47 am
at least he didn’t sign w/ Curb. (small miracle)
North Woods Country
May 15, 2019 @ 2:57 pm
I can’t say I love Purgatory as much as everybody else does, but I do like it and I do recognize his impeccable wordplay and vocal ability. “I ain’t the toughest hickory that your axe has ever fell/but I’m a hickory just as well/I’m a hickory all the same” might be my favorite lyric of the past 5 years. Looking forward to his next chapter.
Black Boots
May 16, 2019 @ 4:19 am
Yo, dude… i dunno if you ever got my other message, but i wanted to tell you that you were so right about Maddie & Tae. I was so wrong! They’re great. Sorry for being a putz.
North Woods Country
May 16, 2019 @ 12:53 pm
I did, but I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic or not, haha.
If not, I’m glad you were open to being wrong about them
Black Boots
May 16, 2019 @ 3:19 pm
No I’m being totally genuine! I love them so much now.
618creekrat
May 15, 2019 @ 3:08 pm
Ears are perked.
So, if Tyler prunes himself back to a mustache, does that make Midland cool?
JoseyWales
May 15, 2019 @ 6:49 pm
Trigger TCs management has said the KO outdoors stuff is fake and they’re trying to get it taken down
Gina
May 16, 2019 @ 12:25 am
Well, this is great if as others have said, they leave him alone and let him do his thing. The more Ty the better.
KathyP
May 16, 2019 @ 5:24 am
Any word on the release date for Country Squire? It’s now listed for presale on iTunes.
melancholyjen
May 16, 2019 @ 5:28 am
August 2nd from RCA is what the site says.
Thass
May 16, 2019 @ 5:33 am
Comes out August 2
https://countrysquire.tylerchildersmusic.com/