Jason Boland & The Stragglers Announce New Album “Squelch”
Beg, borrow, steal, sell a kidney, refinance your student loan, start working a second job if you have to, but either way you’re going to want to have some expendable cash laying around October 7th when Red Dirt legend Jason Boland and his venerable backing band The Stragglers release their eighth studio album Squelch via Proud Souls/Thirty Tigers.
Consisting of 11 news tracks, Squelch is said to “feature the brand of true, no-frills country music Jason Boland has built a sterling reputation on as one of the genre’s genuine ambassadors,” and “features an infusion of hard-edged rock via ‘I Guess It’s Alright,’ swinging honky tonk on ‘Break 19,’ driving Americana on ‘Heartland Bypass,’ and heartfelt country ballads, such as the beautiful ‘Do You Love Me Any Less.'”
Squelch will be Jason Boland’s fourth release with Thirty Tigers, and his follow up to 2013’s Dark & Dirty Mile—his first record to crack the Top 25 on Billboard’s Country Albums chart. As an independent artist, Boland has sold over 600,000 records, and is a regular on the Texas Country charts. With the momentum from his last record, Squelch may be Boland’s biggest album yet.
The new record was recorded with Jason Boland’s Strgglers consisting of Cody Angel on pedal steel and guitar, Nick Worley on fiddle, Grant Tracy on bass, and Brad Rice on drums. Long-time Straggler guitarist Roger Dale Ray left the band in December of 2014 for personal reasons, and was replaced by Cody Angel.
One of the true originals of the Red Dirt scene from Stillwater, Oklahoma, Jason Boland has a strong following in the Texas and Oklahoma region and beyond, and is known as one of the more traditionally-oriented performers of the movement.
August 5, 2015 @ 8:30 am
Saw them in Pennsylvania back in March where Jason promised new music soon and all I can say is FINALLY.
August 5, 2015 @ 8:43 am
Cody Angel is an absolute badass. Plus i think he’s only like 22.
August 5, 2015 @ 12:33 pm
Yea he is amazing! I saw them back in March and I remember thinking “who’s the new kid”, but damn is he talented! He also played with Cody Canada and the Departed that night. Look forward to the new album.
August 5, 2015 @ 8:44 am
Jason is by far my favorite “red dirt artist” can’t wait for this
August 5, 2015 @ 9:00 am
Nice. I’m really looking forward to this. He never comes within 4 hours of my town, but I did manage to see him in Kentucky a few years ago.
August 5, 2015 @ 9:12 am
This makes my day. I knew the new album was coming but it’s nice to have a date in hand. JBS comes through central Nebraska fairly frequently and I catch them every time. Always a great show and I’ve loved the new stuff they’ve trotted out. I’m dying to have a copy of Fuck Fight and Rodeo all my own.
August 5, 2015 @ 9:23 am
Man, this is a real red-letter year for us Texas and red dirt fans. Aaron Watson, Randy & Wade, Turnpike Troubadours, and now Jason Boland? YEAH.
August 5, 2015 @ 9:57 am
I second that comment. Been and continuing to be a great year for us!
August 5, 2015 @ 10:55 am
Y’Know, except for losing Jim Ed Brown, Little Jimmy Dickens, Johnny Gimble, Buddy Emmons, Randy Howard…
August 5, 2015 @ 2:41 pm
The Damn Quails have a new one coming out in September and I’m pretty sure Stoney has one coming out soon too. However, after his latest arrest, I’m not sure where he goes from here.
August 5, 2015 @ 3:49 pm
Yeah who knows what Stoney will do. I have noticed a new song of his on the Texas Music Chart. Song called ” Easy She Comes “. Don’t know if it’s a new single or what. It’s not on his latest album though.
August 5, 2015 @ 10:51 am
I bought an Albert Einstein necktie yesterday… If I’d waited I could have bought this…. of course I still haven’t bought the new Daryle Singletary… I wish I had a nickel for every album this site made me buy…
August 5, 2015 @ 11:24 am
Well, hopefully you can save some change in your couch between now and October.
August 5, 2015 @ 12:53 pm
What an interesting album title. The font kinda reminds me of Billy Joel’s 1987 live album Концерт.
August 5, 2015 @ 3:14 pm
For those who don’t read Cyrillic, that means “Concert”.
August 5, 2015 @ 2:16 pm
Awesome!! Can’t wait to pick it up!!! Boland and the boys are some of my favorites, seen them twice in concert and need to go to another show again soon!
August 5, 2015 @ 8:41 pm
Always enjoy some new Boland!
Now we can expect a new live album within the next year or so?
I always find myself liking their live stuff the best. Probably because they never make it up to Ohio
August 6, 2015 @ 7:48 am
Excellent news. As you’ve said before, JB & The Stragglers are about as country as you can get with their music. It’s a shame their songs (as well as Turnpike Troubadours and others in the Texas/Red Dirt scene) are not on the radio. Even more so, I really wish Sirius XM has a Texas Country station, their Outlaw Station is fine, but I rarely hear Red Dirt/Texas acts played on it.
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August 7, 2015 @ 10:17 am
Can’t Wait for this CD! JB&S have been a mainstay on Skydawg Radio’s play list for YEARS. These guys are the real deal.
August 7, 2015 @ 2:29 pm
Boland ain’t put out a bad record yet so I’ve got high expectations for this one! They really are best experienced live in a tonk somewhere that is were they shine brightest!