Amos Lee Shares Lead Single From 1st New Album Of Original Music In 2 Years

Amos Lee’s new album, Transmissions, has an official release date on August 9 via Hoagiemouth Records/Thirty Tigers. Today, the acclaimed singer-songwriter shared the record’s lead single, “Hold On Tight.”

Lee heralded Transmissions in March with 2024 U.S. Tour dates. The LP is Lee’s first album of original music in two years following Dreamland and after sharing two tribute albums to Chet Baker and Lucinda Williams in 2022 and 2023 respectively.

Captured with his longtime band at drummer Lee Falco’s studio in Marlboro, New York, Transmissions also saw Amos self-producing for just the second time in his career.

Lee detailed the album’s subject matter.

“There’s a lot of existential stuff in these songs,” he said. “If you really listen to what’s in between the lines, there’s a lot of grappling with your place in the world, grappling with loss. There’s a lot of grappling with the balance between bailing out the boat and rowing at the same time – the experience of writing music and playing songs while trying, as we all are right now, to make sense of a world that feels like it’s changing really quickly.”

Amos also spoke about lead single, “Hold On Tight.”

“This is about having a much tighter handle on how important our people are to us, your friends and your family, and watching people go that you love. It’s about appreciating people and wanting to make sure everybody that you love knows you love them and find them important. It’s a pretty simple little song. There’s not a ton going on. I like the lyrics because they’re saying a lot with very few words, which I really love. The band really did a great job on this one. I didn’t want it to be hard to get through, I wanted it to be a thing people can sing to each other.”

Watch the official music video for “Hold On Tight” by Anthony Mulcahy and James Delahunty below:

Amos Lee has a busy tour schedule on the books for 2024 including headline dates and a co-headline run with Indigo Girls. Check out his itinerary with ticket info below.

Transmissions Tracklist:

1. Built To Fall
2. Beautiful Day
3. Carry You On
4. Hold On Tight
5. Madison
6. Darkest Places
7. Keep On Movin’
8. Night Light
9. Lucky Ones
10. When You Go
11. Baby Pictures