The War And Treaty Get “Carried Away” Ahead of New Album
They’re country, and they’re soul. And when Michael and Tanya Trotter are at their best, they combine these two disciplines to make the shivers go down your spine. That’s the experience of their new song “Carried Away,” which starts as a twangy baby maker, and then builds to feature soulful and soaring vocal performances in the chorus.
“Carried Away” is the first taste of what will be The War and Treaty’s expansive, 18-track new album called Plus One. To be released on Valentines Day 2025 (February 14th) via Mercury Nashville, it is sure to put a jolt of passion in the air. “One of our main intentions with this album is to inspire people to share themselves with others, and open themselves up to the possibility of being loved,” Michael Trotter Jr. says.
The album’s songs were produced by Jonathan Singleton, John Shanks, as well as Jesse Frasure. Plus One also boasts a couple of cool collaborations, including a co-write with Miranda Lambert on the song “Love Like Whiskey,” as well as an appearance by Billy Strings on the song “Drink From Me.”
“We see this record as an open invitation to be a part of what we’re doing—it came from wanting to be the hope we believe people need right now, as well as the hope that we need for ourselves,” Tanya Trotter says.
The War and Treaty is an Americana duo with mainstream country impact. They’ve been nominated recently for both ACM and CMA Awards, as well as multiple Grammys, and found chart success with their collaboration with Zach Bryan, “Hey Driver.”
Plus One is now available for pre-save/pre-order.
TRACK LIST:
1. Love Like Whiskey
2. Skyscraper
3. Can I Get An Amen
4. Called You By Your Name
5. Stealing A Kiss
6. Teardrops In The Rain
7. Leads Me Home
8. Carried Away
9. Drink From Me ft. Billy Strings
10. Reminisce
11. Save Me
12. Love Is On Fire
13. I Can’t Let You Go
14. Home
15. Love Light
16. Mr. Fun
17. Tunnel Vision
18. The Glorious Ones
December 8, 2024 @ 9:40 am
They are very talented soul artists, but another duo that is not country.
December 8, 2024 @ 10:32 am
https://savingcountrymusic.com/proposing-dewey-decimal-classifications-for-countrys-subgenres/
December 8, 2024 @ 11:27 am
They have songs that are definitely soul and songs that are definitely country.
Therefore if you’re saying that they’re not country, you’re also incorrect to describe them as soul!
December 8, 2024 @ 2:05 pm
Yea whatever
December 8, 2024 @ 2:20 pm
If you sent “Carried Away” to a soul/R&B outlet, they would wonder why you’re sending them a country song. The War and Treaty have been around for a decade. They’re an Americana duo that mixes country and soul. What they do, and what “Carried Away” sounds like is not dissimilar at al to Chris Stapleton or 49 Winchester.
December 8, 2024 @ 6:06 pm
Again, I respect their soul music talent, but will never be swayed to think they are country. Thanks
December 8, 2024 @ 6:20 pm
You’re giving away the game by saying, “they.” We’re not talking about “who” here (the performer), we’re talking about “what” here (the song). “Carried Away” is more of a country song than it is a soul song. Nobody in the soul realm would consider it anything but country. If you want to be taken seriously with your assessment, you have to go by a song by song, album by album basis.
Nobody here is claiming The War and Treaty are country performers, full stop. They’re country soul performers. Just like Jerry Reed. Just like T Graham Brown.
December 9, 2024 @ 4:59 am
I had never considered Jerry Reed “country soul”. Can you point me to a specific song(s) or an album?
December 9, 2024 @ 8:07 am
Pretty much all of his most famous songs are country soul: “Amos Moses,” “When You’re Hot, You’re Hot,” “She Got The Goldmine.” He was basically James Brown in a cowboy hat throughout the ’70s.
December 9, 2024 @ 8:31 am
I’m not a musician and don’t claim expertise in defining genres. But for my two cents, artists that come to mind when I hear country soul go from Joe Stampley and Razzie Bailey and the big Kahuna Charlie Rich to Con Hunley, Stoney Edwards, maybe Earl Thomas Conley, T. Graham Brown, Travis Tritt, Wynonna Judd, Bobbie Cryner, Lee Roy Parnell, Jamey Johnson.
December 9, 2024 @ 8:46 am
Earlier this year “Rolling Stone” did a ludicrous article on the “25 Best Country Soul Albums” that I offered a rebuttal to. I ran down a bunch of country works that fit the profile much better than what Rolling Stone came up with, which was basically, “If they’re Black and call their music country, it’s country soul.” Ironically, they didn’t even mention The War & Treaty, let alone Jerry Reed.
https://savingcountrymusic.com/filling-the-holes-in-rolling-stones-list-of-greatest-country-soul-albums/
December 9, 2024 @ 10:25 am
I actually read these comments before listening which I never do, I prefer to first form my own opinion based on the music and then read the text and comments, so I was very pleasantly surprised when the opening notes played. Country is a rhythm, it’s also a style both of song (words, music, theme and delivery) and of arrangement. In terms of the first and third criteria, this *is* a country song. In the term of the actual words, music, theme, style, it’s a soul song. And the two are blended so superbly, that I have no problem either calling this “country-soul” or “soul-country”. I believe it’s more country than soul, soul purists would not accept this as soul, as it has a country rhythm and accompaniment. But the way they structured a soul song over a country base makes this a real pleasant surprise.
December 9, 2024 @ 10:39 am
What’s so strange to me is that The War And Treaty have been around for a decade. They’ve probably played the Opry at this point 50 times. They’ve appeared on the CMA and ACM Awards, and been nominated for Grammys. I’ve featured them here a dozen or so times. And so when people come here and say, “Who are these Black folks trying to call themselves country?” when I started out by calling them country soul, I just don’t know what else to say. I agree that the cotton plant incident seemed like a misunderstanding that got blown up necessarily, and I said as much at that time when I reported on it. But that doesn’t just eradicate their musical legacy.
December 8, 2024 @ 10:49 am
I don’t really care what genre they are as they are superb on album and even better live. They can do a real country duet better than most. One of those acts that defies being placed in any one genre because they are so good. I am looking forward to their new album.
December 8, 2024 @ 1:24 pm
These were the same people that also accused a venue of “racism” for having one of the most common decorative items sold at a major chain in their dressing room.
December 8, 2024 @ 2:20 pm
Yes, that’s kind of what they’re known for. They’re like a slip and fall couple. The music is just a side hustle.
December 8, 2024 @ 3:23 pm
Funny, but sarcasm is perilous/ gives an opening for enemies on the Internet.
I expect that a “woke/progressive” site for Millennials will report that “Country music site SCM stated that War and Treaty are a couple of “slip-and-fall” con artists who use music as a “side hustle.”
And that leads to this article being flamed with 300 comments calling you a “r….:
December 8, 2024 @ 5:44 pm
If Morgan Wallen’s career can be forever connected to his privately recorded N word moment, then it’s fair that these two will forever be tied to their cotton plant hissy fit.
December 8, 2024 @ 5:47 pm
Yes because two wrongs make a right. And honestly, most people have moved on from the “N’ Word incident at this point. Morgan Wallen is the CMA Entertainer of the Year, and not a single think piece was written about it. I though what we all wanted was to move on from the petty stuff and focus on the music?
December 8, 2024 @ 7:21 pm
Well one of the two apologized. The other didn’t.
December 8, 2024 @ 7:22 pm
I disagree that most people have moved on from the N word incident because it still dominates the comment section on social media.
December 9, 2024 @ 5:00 am
Is the comment section on social media real life?
December 9, 2024 @ 10:25 am
The Morgan Wallen N word video was originally posted on social which then led to real life consequences. War and Treaty posted their Cotton fit on social media. I’m not sure what you mean when you claim that social media is not real life. Yes people act more bold on social media but social media drama bleeds into real life.
December 8, 2024 @ 5:46 pm
Dang.Country soul,perhaps what’s needed to bridge some of Country’s divides.Welcome,folks !!!!!!!!!!!!
December 8, 2024 @ 6:00 pm
I hope they didn’t mention cotton in any songs.
December 9, 2024 @ 2:03 am
You wouldn’t cotton to that?
December 9, 2024 @ 1:01 pm
I never picked cotton.
December 9, 2024 @ 7:19 am
sad.
December 8, 2024 @ 6:46 pm
All I know is they may be hard to put in a specific genre of music, but they are greatly talented and put on a wonderful show live!
Great stuff!
December 8, 2024 @ 7:20 pm
The Jussie Smolet and Bubba Wallace of country music. I hope they healed.
December 8, 2024 @ 7:27 pm
Love these two!
I could camp it up in the car, singing along to this on a road trip, when feeling extra sassy.
December 8, 2024 @ 7:43 pm
Off topic but it’s hilarious that Oliver Anthony called out Parker Mccollum yesterday for using digitally altered vocals live. I pulled up concert footage of his from a year ago…..it’s true.
December 9, 2024 @ 6:13 am
Anthony exposed himself a long time ago as to the kind of person he is. He had his 15 minutes and I wish him all the best and won’t miss him at all as he shifts his focus to ‘travelling ministry work’.
December 9, 2024 @ 10:44 am
I don’t disagree. I find a lot of his Schtick annoying and I don’t like his music or vocal style. He very likely is causing drama to regain popularity, however I am very curious to see how certain artists and the industry reacts to his claim.
I just find it amazing that since YouTube has been around for almost 20 yrs now that people think it’s normal for live concert footage vocals to be 100% perfect nowadays because they are (with digital assistance). It’s easy to pull up footage from over a decade ago and see what actual live vocals sound like compared to album cuts and the unquestioned computerized perfection of 2024.
December 9, 2024 @ 8:09 am
Parker McCollum is not playing to backing tracks or using Auto-tune live. I’m not sure Oliver Anthony even knew he was inadvertently calling out Parker McCollum.
December 9, 2024 @ 10:36 am
I’ve pulled up concert footage where he is 100% using some kind of live pitch correction on his vocals. I am not an Oliver Anthony fan but hopefully this live “trickery” will finally get properly called out.
Live pitch correction isn’t the Auto Tune sound we associate with rappers and pop artists. Live pitch correction takes the vocal and snaps it to 440 hz perfectly. The vocal track sounds absolutely perfect. To the vast majority of people they can’t tell. None of the best singers perfectly hit 440 each time and it’s always slightly varied on how their vocals approach the pitch. Live pitch correction will take the vocal and perfectly match it to 440 which leads to this very subtle flat perfection sound. My ears are good enough to where I’ve heard Parker use it in past concert footage. And very obviously so.
I expect y’all to throw rocks and not give me credit when the cat is out of the bag in a year.
December 12, 2024 @ 12:36 am
“100%”
December 13, 2024 @ 2:56 pm
Yeah….because all that matters is that it becomes about you.
December 9, 2024 @ 1:56 am
…take theirs and zach top’s stuff and you can hear how wide apart the goal posts of country music have been set up this year. it has been ball park wide and offering so much to so many – if you were willing to meet it with an open mind. what a terrific year in country it has been and it ain’t over yet and there’s still a pile of stuff i haven’t even managed to listened to properly.
and no, the thing that springs to mind when it comes to the trotters is not cotton or fudge rounds – it is craft and art rather beautifully combined.
December 9, 2024 @ 4:21 am
Those vocals are a bit carried away from my personal taste. They should go up against Chris Stapleton in an over-sing-off
December 9, 2024 @ 6:42 am
Bubba Wallace ? (Oh,Bubba believing a noose was in his garage when nooses are an unfortunate part of African American history?) Know for whom you voted Nov.5, Cameron !!!!
December 9, 2024 @ 11:58 am
country cos players who are for some reason afraid of already picked cotton. no thanks.
December 9, 2024 @ 3:07 pm
I see The War and Treaty as primarily an old school R& B retro soul act, that has some country influences. The Americana folks latched onto them awhile back, in the interest of diversity. The Trotters come from that church singing, gospel soul, scream / shout , super animated vocal gyration school of singing. ( James Brown anyone?) This style today largely holds little interest in the black community at large, but finds an audience among middle aged whites with money. ( NPR crowd, Americana crowd) They have recorded some very Country sounding songs, for example Yesterday’s Burn. Their viral Grand Ole Opry performance of the song is one for the ages. Massive talent. Are they a full blown Country act? No. Not close. Yet they have their moments.
As for the notorious cotton incident, I found there response disappointing. As a society I wish we could move on from this current hyper- sensitive and overly politicized era we seem to be stuck in. I blame media for gaslighting everything to the max and purposely dividing people. Out in the everyday working folks world, very little of this stuff is an issue. I have encounters everyday with an assortment of people from all walks of life and for the most part we get along swimmingly. Yes that’s just my observation, but I know many will agree.
December 10, 2024 @ 12:24 pm
Country-soul or Soul-country…there once was a guy named Ray Charles. The country tent is big enough to enjoy it all. I like to mainline the pure country sound sometimes, sometimes I like to wander the country-sound field a bit too. I find their songs and voices compellingly good. It is fair game too to bring up the cotton decorations incident. They themselves broadcast that hissy-fit far and wide.
December 11, 2024 @ 6:05 am
Enjoyed the song. What really impressed me was the video appearing to be one continuous shot, with no edits. I know with today’s magic tech there may be imperceptible edits, but my eyes didn’t see any.
Regarding genre, that’s really just an academic discussion. A good song is a good song. I don’t let genre bias keep me from enjoying a song.
December 12, 2024 @ 8:14 am
i don’t know what you’re arguing about here, This song is a country waltz and it slaps!!!!