{"id":2030,"date":"2020-02-03T18:41:07","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T18:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/?p=2030"},"modified":"2020-01-31T18:42:51","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T18:42:51","slug":"americana-duo-surrender-hill-to-release-new-double-album-on-april-3rd-tour-planned-in-support-of-a-whole-lot-of-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/americana-duo-surrender-hill-to-release-new-double-album-on-april-3rd-tour-planned-in-support-of-a-whole-lot-of-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Americana duo Surrender Hill to release new double-album on April 3rd | Tour planned in support of “A Whole Lot of Freedom”"},"content":{"rendered":"

For Immediate Release<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

February 3, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Americana duo Surrender Hill to release\u00a0new double-album on April 3rd<\/p>\n

Tour planned in support of\u00a0A Whole Lot of Freedom<\/em><\/strong>
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\nNorth Georgia-based Americana duo Surrender Hill (husband and wife team Robin Dean Salmon and Afton Seekins) is set to release its fourth album,\u00a0A Whole Lot of Freedom<\/em>, on April 3, 2020.\u00a0 An Americana\/roots-rock record filled with harmonized vocals, electric guitar, and swooning fiddle,\u00a0A Whole Lot of Freedom<\/em>\u00a0was recorded at the couple\u2019s newly-constructed home studio in northern Georgia, with contributions from drummer Mathew Crouse (who also appeared on the duo\u2019s 2018 album,\u00a0Tore Down Fences<\/em>), fiddler Wyatt Espalin, and guest guitarist Jonathan Callicutt.<\/p>\n

Of the 36 songs originally written for the record, Salmon and Seekins chose 18, turning\u00a0A Whole Lot of Freedom<\/em>\u00a0into their first double-album. The tracks that made the final cut were, by and large, both melodic and mellow, influenced heavily by the arrival of their first child, Wren. The result is an album that\u2019s both personal and universal, stocked with character-driven songs and first-person accounts.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe songs were inspired by experiences we had on the road, stories from our youth growing up, stories told by family, and \u2014 of course \u2014 the feelings and experiences that come up when you have a child and you watch him grow and you reevaluate what\u2019s important,\u201d says Salmon, who splits the album\u2019s vocal and songwriting duties with Seekins. \u201cWren\u2019s arrival played a huge role in the songwriting, and there is a thread of some version of freedom in all the songs on this album.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGot a little country in my soul [and] a little bit rock & roll,\u201d they sing on the title track, \u201cA Whole Lot of Freedom,\u201d their voices wrapped around one another in loving harmony. This song shines new light on Surrender Hill, whose name was taken from the landmark in South Africa where the Anglo-Boer War came to a close. Like the song itself \u2014 and, indeed, the band\u2019s namesake, too \u2014\u00a0A Whole Lot of Freedom<\/em>\u00a0doubles down on themes of freedom and togetherness, written and performed by a duo of songwriters who\u2019ve fought their own battles and suffered their own scars, only to surrender to, and find peace with, each other. This is a songwriter\u2019s album that appeals to casual onlookers and\u00a0vets of the trade, from \u201cThe Ballad of Rebel Wingfield\u201d \u2014 a gorgeous, nostalgic ballad about a drug dealer who lives and dies by his own set of rules, to the sparse and sentimental \u201cBeautiful Wren,\u201d which pays tribute to the couple\u2019s son.<\/p>\n

Like the three records that came before it \u2013 2015\u2019s self-titled debut,\u00a0 2017’s\u00a0Right Here Right Now<\/em>, and 2018\u2019s\u00a0Tore Down Fences<\/em>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0A Whole Lot of Freedom<\/em>\u00a0proves that Surrender Hill\u2019s road-dog status \u2014 the result of a busy touring schedule that often finds the band playing more than 200 international shows a year \u2014 doesn\u2019t come at the expense of the duo\u2019s sharp, articulate writing. In addition to receiving critical acclaim and airplay worldwide, their past albums have climbed the Americana and roots charts, reaching as high as #3 on the Indie World Country\/Americana Chart and #6 on the Roots Music Report.<\/p>\n

Press praised their past releases;\u00a0Strutter Magazine\u00a0<\/em>declared that their music incorporated \u201celements of Americana, Folk, Country and Singer\/songwriter, sounding like a perfect cross between Bruce Springsteen, Rodney Crowell and Dolly Parton, both vocally and musically speaking.\u201d\u00a0Knoxville News Sentinel\u00a0<\/em>admired their \u201ceffectively homey vibe,\u201d calling it \u201ca welcoming environment built on a comfortable blend of country, rock and soul.\u201d\u00a0Off-Center Reviews<\/em>\u00a0appreciated that \u201cSalmon’s voice has just the right amount of spit for country\/folk music and Seekins adorns hers with small touches of nasal twang.\u201d And\u00a0Rootstime\u00a0<\/em>wrote of their music, \u201cThe two songwriters present beautiful country music, heart-warming, sometimes also bittersweet, but always building soft, melancholic melodies that are easy to listen to.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prior to forming Surrender Hill, songwriters Robin Dean Salmon and Afton Seekins chased their own muses as solo artists.\u00a0 Salmon was an award-nominated punk rock\u00a0frontman who’d grown up in South Africa and Texas listening to a cross-cultural mix of Bob Wills, the Sex Pistols, Marty Robbins and the Clash. He launched the band See No Evil soon after high school, and later moved the group to New York City, landing a major-label deal with Sony Music in the process. A decade later, though, Salmon found himself drawn to the rootsy sounds he’d heard as a child on the ranch, and he relaunched a career as an alt-country songwriter, eventually crossing paths with Seekins while playing shows in Sedona, Arizona. Meanwhile, Seekins grew up splitting her time between an Alaskan fishing village and an Arizona frontier town. Throughout it all, she honed her talent for dancing, eventually moving to New York City during her 20s and finding success as a choreographer. Unable to resist the need to pursue songwriting, she later headed back to Arizona, where she turned the contents of her personal journal into the lyrics of her very first songs.<\/p>\n

Surrender Hill, who is featured in an episode of the documentary series currently airing on Amazon Prime entitled \u201cUndiscovered,\u201d plans a busy touring schedule in support of\u00a0A Whole Lot of Freedom<\/em>. Confirmed dates are listed below with more to be announced soon.<\/p>\n

Surrender Hill Tour Schedule:<\/strong>
\n4\/2 – Woodstock, GA \/Madlife Stage & Studios (album release show)
\n4\/4 – Jasper, GA \/ Fainting Goat
\n4\/5 – Talking Rock, GA \/ Chateau Meichtry
\n4\/10 – Blairsville, GA \/ Copperhead Lodge
\n4\/12 – Canton, GA \/ Big Door Vineyards
\n4\/17 – Ellijay, GA \/ OTT Farm
\n4\/18 – Blue Ridge, GA \/ Bear Claw
\n4\/19 – Ball Ground, GA \/ Feathers Edge
\n4\/22 – Ellijay, GA \/ Emily\u2019s Live
\n4\/29 – Fredericksburg, TX \/ Outsider Songwriter Series @ Western Edge
\n5\/1 – Hye, TX \/ William Chris Vineyards
\n5\/2 – Comfort, TX \/ Comfort Backyard
\n5\/3 – Boerne, TX \/ Shotgun Ranch Concert Series
\n5\/9 \u2013 Cave Creek, AZ \/ King House Concert Series
\n5\/16 – Cottonwood, AZ \/ Old Town Center For The Arts
\n5\/22 – Hye, TX \/ William Chris Vineyards
\n5\/23 – Comfort, TX \/ Comfort Backyard
\n5\/24 – Hye, TX \/ William Chris Vineyards
\n6\/6 – Milton, GA \/ Matilda\u2019s
\n6\/12 – Young Harris, GA \/ Crane Creek Vineyards
\n6\/13 – Jasper, GA \/ Sharp Mountain Vineyards
\n6\/14 – Ellijay, GA \/ Cartecay Vineyards
\n6\/19 – Ellijay, GA \/ OTT Farm
\n6\/20 – Talking Rock, GA \/ Chateau Meichtry
\n6\/21 – Canton, GA \/ Big Door Vineyards
\n6\/27 – Ball Ground, GA \/ Feathers Edge<\/p>\n

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For Immediate Release February 3, 2020   Americana duo Surrender Hill to release\u00a0new double-album on April 3rd Tour planned in support of\u00a0A Whole Lot of Freedom North Georgia-based Americana duo Surrender Hill (husband and wife team Robin Dean Salmon and Afton Seekins) is set to release its fourth album,\u00a0A Whole Lot of Freedom, on April … <\/p>\n

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