The anticipation is palpable as the March 1 release date for Shane Smith & the Saints’ next record inches closer and closer.
Consisting of 13 tracks, Norther will be the band’s first studio album release in nearly five years, following their acclaimed 2019 record Hail Mary. Beginning with the release of “Hummingbird” in June 2022, the Austin, TX based outfit has slowly released six singles leading up to the album, and as a final release for fans prior to the full project, they just dropped a brand new music video for the record’s fourth single “Adeline.”
Released this past November, “Adeline” is a hard-driving love song as the narrator reminisces on a past romance and desperately laments the situation in which he finds himself in the present. If the rest of Norther is even half this good, we’re in for a treat.
Check out the music video here:
Quite a bit has changed for Shane Smith & the Saints since the release of Hail Mary, with their fan base having grown significantly as a result of all of the hard work they’ve put in over the years honing their sound and grinding on the road.
They’ve also reaped the benefits of a well-timed feature of their hit song “All I See Is You” in Yellowstone’s season 4 before the whole band appeared live in Season 5 to perform a few songs at an event on the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch, providing a welcomed boost in their streaming numbers and introducing their criminally under appreciated music to a larger audience.
Now, with the release of Norther looming imminently, this is sure to be the biggest album yet for the five-piece Texas country outfit, and could be just what it takes to catapult them into the country music superstardom they deserve.
If you haven’t been keeping up with the singles Shane Smith & the Saints have released thus far, then take a look at the Norther tracklist below, and feast your ears upon the greatness that these guys have created.
Norther Tracklist:
“Book of Joe”
“Fire in the Sky”
“Adeline”
“The Greys Between”
“Navajo Weather”
“Field of Heather”
“Wheels”
“All the Way”
“Hummingbird”
“1,000 Wild Horses”
“It’s Been a While”
“Everything and More”
“Fire in the Ocean”
Shane Smith & the Saints are comprised of frontman and main songwriter Shane Smith, fiddle player Bennett Brown, guitar slinger Dustin Schaefer, Zach Stover on drums, and bassist Chase Satterwhite. Together, the band has built a strong reputation for themselves over the past decade-plus through their high energy live show and emotion-evoking music.
If they’re coming to a city near you any time soon, you’re not going to want to miss an opportunity to see them live.
Tour Dates
3/1 – Extra Innings Festival – Tempe, AZ
3/3 – Waterloo Records – Austin, TX
3/8 – Choctaw Grand Theater – Durant, OK
3/24 – The Caverns – Pelham, TN
3/26 – Grand Ole Opry- Nashville, TN
3/30 – Outlaws & Legends – Abilene, TX
4/5 – Hogs for the Cause – New Orleans, LA
4/6 – Schoepf’s BBQ – Belton, TX
4/7 – 57 South Music Festival – Eagle Pass, TX
4/12-4/14 – Cattle Country Festival – Gonzales, TX
4/13 – Syndicate Smokedown – Fort Worth, TX
4/26 – Stagecoach – Indio, CA
5/2-5/4 – Calf Fry – Stillwater, OK
5/7 – Red Rocks Amphitheatre – Morrison, CO
5/14 – DR Koncerthuset Studie 2 – Copenhagen, Denmark
5/16 – Cloud Nine – Utrecht, Netherlands
5/17 – Highways 2024 – London, United Kingdom
5/18 – Gorilla – Manchester, United Kingdom
5/19 – Oran Mor – Glasgow, Scotland
5/30-6/2 – Gulf Coast Jam – Panama City Beach, FL
6/19 – Country Jam – Mack, CO
6/20 – Gordy’s HWY 30 Music Festival – Filer, ID
7/9 – Big Sky Events Arena – Big Sky, MT
7/19 – Country Jam – Eau Claire, WI
7/19-7/21 – Faster Horses – Brooklyn, MI
8/10 – Bootheel Rodeo – Sikeston, MO
8/16-8/17 – Wheatstock Music Festival – Helix, OR
9/1 – Montana’s Biggest Weekend – Dillon, MT
9/19-9/22 – Bourbon & Beyond – Louisville, KY
10/18-10/20 – Goldensky 2024 – Sacremento, CA
