Nicki Bluhm & Gramblers To Release New Album In April

Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers will release their sophomore studio effort, Loved Wild Lost, on April 21 via Little Sur Records. The new LP comes less than two years after the release of the band’s self-titled debut album, which was produced by Tim Bluhm.

Nicki and the band recorded Loved Wild Lost at Panoramic Studios in Stinson Beach in California’s Marin County. Brian Deck (Iron & Wine, Josh Ritter, Modest Mouse, Counting Crows) produced the new LP. San Francisco’s Magik*Magik Orchestra (Death Cab for Cutie, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The Walkmen) provided complex arrangements which add “further color” to the songs on the LP. A trailer for Loved Wild Lost shows the group hard at work during the recording process. Take a look:

“Loved Wild Lost is a sincere and sophisticated collection of songs steeped in tradition, but of its own time,” said Nicki Bluhm. “After three solid years of playing as a band across the country, we have had time to learn, reflect and grow. This album displays a departure into the deeper and more contemplative themes of people in transition and the struggle to retain the energy and optimism of youth as life becomes more complex.”

“The longer something moves away from its inception point, the more it takes on a life and a narrative of its own,” added Tim Bluhm. “In these songs, I think you can clearly hear that happening; idealism and optimism losing control to the forces of inertia and a life of constant traveling. Happiness becomes an intention and love becomes a long-term study of oneself and of one another.”

Next up for Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers is an appearance at Ramble On The Island in Negril, Jamaica in early March. The band will play a series of a series of month-long residencies in intimate venues in Chicago, Nashville and the San Francisco Bay Area. One of those venues is Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael, California; where the Gramblers are scheduled to perform on March 11, 18 & 25. One of Terrapin’s proprietors, Phil Lesh, is listed as a guest on the 25th.

Loved Wild Lost Tracklist

1. Only Always
2. Waiting on Love
3. Heartache
4. Queen of the Rodeo
5. Mr. Saturday Night
6. Love Your Loved Ones
7. Heart Gets Tough
8. Simpler Times
9. Me and Slim
10. High Neck Lace
11. Heavy Hey Ya

Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers Tour Dates

MARCH

5-8 Negril, Jamaica Ramble On The Island
11 San Rafael, CA Terrapin Crossroads
18 San Rafael, CA Terrapin Crossroads
22 Squaw Valley, CA Winter WonderGrass
23 Chico, CA Sierra Nevada Big Room
24 Chico, CA Sierra Nevada Big Room
25 San Rafael, CA Terrapin Crossroads w/ Phil Lesh

APRIL

14 Chicago, IL Schubas
15 St. Louis, MO Old Rock House
16 Nashville, TN The Stone Fox
17 Birmingham, AL Avondale Brewing Co. w/JJ Grey & Mofro
18 Asheville, NC New Mountain
21 Chicago, IL Schubas
22 Louisville, KY Waterfront Wednesday w/Shakey Graves
23 Nashville, TN The Stone Fox
24 Indianapolis, IN Radio Radio
25 Columbus, OH A&R Bar
28 Chicago, IL Schubas
29 Cincinnati, OH Taft Ballroom
30 Nashville, TN The Stone Fox

MAY

2 Guthrie, OK Queen of the Prairie Festival
21-24 Cumberland, MD DelFest

JUNE

4-7 Hunter Mountain, NY Mountain Jam

JULY

22-26 Floyd, VA Floyd Fest