They can’t miss.
Self-described as “not your father’s country band,” Ole 60 has been making waves in the alt. country scene since their debut in 2023. Since bursting onto the scene with the viral, now certified gold track, “Smoke & a Light,” the Kentucky band has continually released stellar track after stellar track, highlighted best by their debut 2024 EP, Songs About You.
After dropping both Three Twenty Four in 2023 and the aforementioned, Songs About You last fall, Ole 60 finally pulled the trigger on their debut album last month, Smokestack Town, an 11-track record that transported you directly into the band’s hometown of Hawesville, Kentucky.
The record ultimately showcased exactly why so many fans have gravitated to Ole 60’s sound over the past two years. Complete with their signature grunge-influenced southern rock sound, much in the vein of their contemporaries, Treaty Oak Revival, Koe Wetzel and Kolby Cooper, Smokestack Town proved to be one of the most stellar releases of the year.
A wildly successful debut album, Smokestack Town proved why Ole 60 is one of the hottest bands in the growing alt. country and southern rock. And while many thought that Young and Co. were done for the year with the release of Smokestack Town, they decided to give fans one last release in the form of a brand new single, “Can’t Take It With You.”
Since then, they’ve been hitting the road hard in 2026. Kicking off their headlining Smokestack Tour across the country back in February with the likes of Southall, Gabriella Rose, Buffalo Traffic Jam and more, they’re in the closing weeks now. Immediately after, they’re also joining Koe Wetzel on his new The Night Champion Tour throughout July.
With the Smokestack Tour slowly coming to a close, the Kentucky band decided to surprise fans at their show at Ting Pavilion in Charlottesville, North Carolina, last night with a never-before-heard song seemingly titled “Be Alright.”
Spoiler alert: it’s another heartbreaker.
Before performing the song, frontman Jacob Ty Myers would tell the North Carolina crowd that he just wrote it two days ago:
“I wrote this one literally two days ago, so bear with me if I f*** it up.”
Holding zero punches, Myers immediately sets the scene by painting a picture of a conversation between him and someone struggling with depression — and most likely self-harm — as he admits that he’s trying to right the wrongs from their past.
“Picking up the pieces of you
Tryin’ to put ’em back in their place
After all the sh*t you’ve been through, nobody blames you for
The blood on the arms or the tears on your face
And I think I feel the spiral again
Never found the right time to say
What you needed to hear, but I’m here now and I ain’t goin’ nowhere
‘Til the sunrises west every day”
Following that gut-punch of an opening verse, Myers then delivers an incredibly conflicted chorus. Grappling with the fact that he hadn’t been there in the past, he welcomes them back with open arms, closing the chorus out with the painful lyric of “I’m just glad to know that you’re still alive.”
“It’s been a hell of a year
I’m just happy you’re here
I’m just glad to know that you’re still alive
Be alright”
If you’ve been a fan of Ole 60, you already know that Myers and Co. aren’t afraid to cut deep and go into darker places in their songs. With that being said, however, this one might be their most moving one yet. As a powerful reflection on depression and the way it affects relationships, I’m sure this one’s going to touch a lot of people when they finally get around to releasing it.
Watch here:
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Ole 60 Tour Dates
May 8 – Virginia Beach, Virginia
May 9 – Baltimore, Maryland
May 14 – Asheville, North Carolina
May 15 – Charlotte, North Carolina
May 16 – Raleigh, North Carolina
May 29 – Gainesville, Florida
May 30 – Panama City Beach, Florida
June 19 – Minneapolis, Minnesota
June 20 – Minneapolis, Minnesota
June 26 – Houston, Texas
June 27 – Luling, Texas
