The Lone Bellow

The Lone Bellow burst onto the scene withtheir self-titled debut in 2013. The Nashville-based trio (Zach Williams, BrianElmquist, Kanene Pipkin) quickly became known for their transcendent harmonies,serious musicianship and raucous live performance — creating what NPR calls,'earnest and magnetic folk-pop built to shake the rafters.' In 2015, the bandreleased Then Came The Morning, produced by The National's Aaron Dessner. Thealbum was nominated for an Americana Music Award and took the band to numerouslate night shows including Jimmy Kimmel Live, Late Show With David Lettermanand Later…with Jools Holland, among others. In 2017, The Lone Bellow returnedwith Walk Into A Storm, produced by legendary music producer Dave Cobb (ChrisStapleton, Brandi Carlile, Sturgill Simpson), followed by 2020’s Half MoonLight, an artistic triumph the band worked toward for years.

In a departure from their past work with eliteproducers Dessner and Cobb, the trio struck out on their own for their fifthfull-length album Love Songs for Losers, dreaming up a singular soundencompassing everything from arena-ready rock anthems to the gorgeouslysprawling Americana tunes the band refers to as “little redneck symphonies.”Recorded at the possibly haunted former home of the legendary Roy Orbison, theresult is an intimate meditation on the pain and joy and ineffable wonder ofbeing human, at turns heartbreaking, irreverent, and sublimely transcendent.

After sketching the album’s 11 songs in anearby church, the band holed up for eight weeks at Orbison’s house on OldHickory Lake, slowly carving out their most expansive and eclectic body of workyet. Co-produced by Elmquist and Jacob Sooter, Love Songs for Losers also findsPipkin taking the reins as vocal producer, expertly harnessing the rarefiedvocal magic they’ve brought to the stage in touring with the likes of MarenMorris and Kacey Musgraves.

For The Lone Bellow, the triumph of completingtheir first self-produced album marks the start of a thrilling new chapter inthe band’s journey. “At the outset it was scary to take away the safety net ofworking with a big-name producer and lean on each other instead,” says Pipkin.“It took an incredible amount of trust, but in the end it was so exciting tosee each other rise to new heights.” And with the release of Love Songs forLosers, the trio feel newly emboldened to create without limits. “This albumconfirmed that we still have beauty to create and put out into the world, andthat we’re still having fun doing that after ten years together,” saysElmquist. “It reminded us of our passion for pushing ourselves out onto thelimb and letting our minds wander into new places, and it sets me on fire tothink of what we might make next.”