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Dwight Yoakam – Brighter Days
Release date: November 15, 2024

Dwight Yoakam brings his classic cool and California country flair to Brighter Days which includes “I Don’t Know How To Say Goodbye (Bang Bang Boom Boom)” co-written and performed with Post Malone.

It’s been nine long years since Dwight Yoakam gifted us with new original material, but with Brighter Days, he’s back – and he’s bringing a message of hope and his trademark pure, unfiltered cool. Brighter Days is Yoakam’s salute to the light at the end of the tunnel, mixing country tradition with the unmistakable California rock swagger he’s made his own.

“Brighter days are up ahead,” Yoakam declares on the title track, and from that first line, he continues the tone for an album that’s at once timeless and uplifting. Recorded over three years and self-produced, Brighter Days features 12 new originals that could only come from Yoakam, along with two surprise covers, the Carter Family’s “Keep On The Sunny Side” and Cake’s “Bound Away,” and both fit seamlessly into Yoakam’s world.

The album kicks off with the infectious single “I Don’t Know How To Say Goodbye (Bang Bang Boom Boom),” written with Post Malone, a self-proclaimed Yoakam superfan. The song brings together Yoakam’s honky-tonk grit with Malone’s modern-day strut, proving that Yoakam’s sound is as adaptable as it is distinctive. It’s got that signature Yoakam groove – slick, polished, and toe-tapping – but it’s also got a freshness that feels like a love letter to the genre’s next generation.

Throughout Brighter Days, Yoakam’s lyrics are both deceptively simple and deeply moving, a hallmark of his two-time Grammy-winning career. Each song tells a story, conjuring scenes of heartbreak, strength, and the unbreakable spirit of a true troubadour. In his hands, country music is transformed into something living and breathing and endlessly cool. From the twangy riffs to the soulful ballads, Yoakam pulls every string in his guitar and his heart, balancing his deep reverence for the genre with a fearless, rock-and-roll edge.