Ginger Wildheart & The Sinners announce debut album on Stevie Van Zandt’s Wicked Cool Records

Ginger Wildheart & The Sinners announce debut album on Stevie Van Zandt’s Wicked Cool Records. Plus unveil brand new video and 10-date UK tour

Ginger Wildheart & The Sinners are proud to announce the release of their debut album on October 7th  on Wicked Cool Records.

Their self-titled album is an energetic album that celebrates rock’n’roll and as Ginger explains it is in “the spirit of the music that we all collectively love, from childhood to the present day. Little Feat, The Allman Brothers, Wilco, The Band, Creedence, The Jayhawks, Lone Justice, Jason & the Scorchers, Georgia Satellites, Status Quo, The Stones…from roots country to rock n roll and Americana.

The uplifting new single Lately, Always is about a dream “Not necessarily one that will come true but enough to have something to look forward to, especially when times seem a little hopeless.

Watch the Lately, Always video here

Ginger Wildheart & The Sinners were formed in August 2019 when Ginger joined forces with Neil Ivison and Nick Lyndon from the band Stone Mountain Sinners. The lineup was completed with drummer Shane Dixon (Tri-City Fanfare) and as Ginger explains “Me and The Sinners met for the very first time in the studio, in preparation for recording an album together. We figured out that if we can’t get along with each other then the music would be ultimately worthless. So we went to the pub and got drunk together. The next morning the music started flowing with ease. This is the sound of friendship.

Their self-titled album was recorded at Mwnci studios in Pembrokeshire, Wales, with Dave Draper producing.

The album kicks off with their first single Wasted Times, which sets the tone for an album of pure rock n roll, peppered with country touches.  The listener will find a further seven original songs, including Lately, Always plus two covers: Dirty Water by Status Quo and Six Years Gone by Georgia Satellites’, the first song Ginger wanted to play with the band back when this was just an idea. “I became a bit obsessed with the song while in LA for Lemmy’s funeral, and carried it around in my heart from then until we all congregated at the studio.” 

There is a refreshingly familiar sound to every one of the songs on the album and it is a masterclass in how to write melodies that pull the heartstrings.

Despite the turmoil in which we find ourselves, Ginger with his Sinners gives us all hope. Get with it or get out.

Ginger Wildheart & The Sinners essential debut album will be available digitally, on CD, and limited edition “Seaside Swirl” 12” vinyl. To pre-order / pre-stream go to: https://orcd.co/gingersinners

To celebrate the release of the Ginger Wildheart & The Sinners album the band will be playing ten UK shows, starting at Bannerman’s in Edinburgh on 18th October and finishing on 30th October at The Hare & Hounds in Birmingham. Tickets are available from Monday 1st August at https://www.facebook.com/gingersinners

Ginger & The Sinners album track listing

01      Wasted Times. 

02      That Smile.

03      Footprints in the Sand.

04      Lately, Always.

05      Dirty Water. 

06      Work In Progress.

07      Breakout.

08      Six Years Gone.

09      Not the Staying Kind.

10      Code of the Road.

Ginger Wildheart & The Sinners UK October 2022 tour 

18th Edinburgh, Bannermans

19th Newcastle, Riverside 

20th Huddersfield, The Parish 

22nd Cardiff,  The Globe 

23rd Plymouth, The Juntion 

25th London, Bush Hall 

26th Norwich, Brickmakers 

27th Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms 

29th Chester, Live Rooms

30th Birmingham, Hare & Hounds 

Tickets are available from Monday 1st August at https://www.facebook.com/gingersinners

Ginger Wildheart & The Sinners:

Ginger Wildheart

Neil Ivison

Nick Lyndon

Shane Dixon

www.facebook.com/gingersinners

 

photo credit Shirlaine Forrest)

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