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Dustin Lynch’s seventh studio album is on the way.
Lynch announced on Wednesday (September 2) that his next record, Clean Slate, will arrive on October 30. “Clean Slate finds Lynch looking at where he’s been, what he’s learned and where he wants to go next,” according to a press release issued by the country star’s record label. “Across 12 tracks, love comes into view from every angle: imagining the life you could build, recognizing the one worth coming home to, chasing a new spark, revisiting the one that got away and confronting the heartbreak that refuses to disappear at last call. There are nights made for cutting loose and hard-earned lessons that only come with time, all leading back to the possibility of clearing the slate and moving forward.”
- Made In A Bottle
- Real Fine Reason
- Clean Slate
- She Don’t Know
- How You Been - Dustin Lynch & Ashley Cooke
- Lightning Don’t
- Built Us A Life
- One Tennessee
- Talkin’
- Old Man Knows
- Easy To Love
- Home To You - Dustin Lynch & MC4D
“There’s a lot of life on this record,” Lynch said in a statement. “Falling for somebody, missing somebody, looking back at things you might do differently now, going out and having a damn good time, and figuring out what matters when everything else gets quiet. I’ve lived a lot of life since my first record, and I wanted this album to feel true to where I am today while still sounding like me.”
Lynch co-wrote seven of the tracks on Clean Slate, which also features songwriters Zach Crowell, Justin Ebach, Josh Thompson, Jameson Rodgers, Brent Anderson, Hunter Phelps, Ben Johnson, John Byron and more, according to the press release. Ross Copperman, Zach Crowell and Austin Shawn produced the album, along with MC4D on the closing track, “Home To You.”
Clean Slate’s opening track, “Made In A Bottle,” will arrive on Friday (September 4). Jesse Frasure, Mark Holman and Geoff Warburton teamed up to write the song, which was produced by Copperman. It’s described as a “straight-down-the-middle honky-tonk anthem… Lynch makes the rounds from bar to bar only to learn there isn’t a pour strong enough to outrun the memory of the one he lost.”
“We started playing ‘Made In A Bottle’ live this summer and the reaction was immediate,” Lynch said. “I love the energy of it and the rhythmic pocket in that chorus. You can’t help but move along to it. Production-wise, we wanted it to feel like you’re right there in the middle of our live show. There aren’t a bunch of studio tricks. It’s real instruments and real players, and it’s just a great honky-tonk song. We’ve road-tested it all summer, and it fits our show perfectly.”