Emily Nenni Readies New Album “Movin’ Shoes”

There are few more valuable assets in the arsenal of present-day country music than the voice of Emily Nenni, and how she so deftly wields it through her enveloping original songs. Two years removed from her last album Drive & Cry, and we still can’t get enough of it. All the more reason to start salivating over the new one she’s got coming called Movin’ Shoes that will be making its way to our ears on May 1st.

Though Nenni promises her underlying country influences are still there and this isn’t a wholesale departure, the new album won’t be a strictly honky-tonk affair like her last one. She pulls inspirations from Memphis and Muscle Shoals on this one, giving the work a bit more soul, Southern rock, and Outlaw texture. “It’s still all the same influences,” Nenni explains. “I’m just drawing from more artists and genres than I have in the past.” 

To help her in this endeavor, Emily Nenni solicited the services of John James Tourville of The Deslondes as producer, and used Matt Ross-Spang (Margo Price, Arlo McKinley) for mixing. It was recorded at Southern Grooves in Memphis to give it that greasy feel. The results are what she feels are the album of her career.

“When I was writing these songs, I was thinking about just how hard it is to live in this world,” Nenni says. “How are we leaving our mark in this world? How are we interacting with other people and with ourselves, too? The world is scary, but there’s so much beauty to it. And so much of that beauty comes from how we treat each other and ourselves. That’s the album’s entire message.” 

You definitely hear this in the first single from the album, “Livin’ In Shame.” To go along with the song is a very unique video (see below) that was shot in reverse by Joshua Shoemaker. Emily Nenni had to work with a linguist to recite the song backwards to fit the concept of slowly unmasking herself to center natural beauty.

“I’m proud to work with Joshua Shoemaker for the third time. ‘Livin’ in Shame’ is encouraging myself and others to be kinder to ourselves and our bodies, because we have been too critical for too long,” Emily Nenni says.

Along with a bunch new original Emily Nenni songs on the 13-track album, Nenni also includes a cover of Paul Simon’s “Tenderness.” Movin’ Shoes is now available for pre-order/pre-save.

Track Listing: 

1. Movin’ Shoes
2. Talkin’ To Your Toothbrush
3. Take My Money
4. Not A Winner
5. Livin’ In Shame
6. What Have I Done Wrong
7. Tenderness
8. Honky Tonkin’
9. Home With My Dog
10. Good Ma’am
11. Yes It Hurt
12. Talk To Me
13. You Only Said It To Hurt Me