Angaleena Presley’s “blazingly defiant” (Uncut) “Wrangled” is available now! Following her critically acclaimed 2015 debut, “American Middle Class”, the 12-track “Wrangled” was released Friday, April 21st on Mining Light|Thirty Tigers.
Wrangled is an explicitly forthright journey through my experience in the business of Country Music. I tried to tackle uncomfortable realities like the discrimination against female artists at the height of Bro-Country, the high school mentality of Music Row and the pain that’s just beneath the surface of the road to stardom,” says Angaleena. Covered in elbow grease and sacrifice, I set out to shed the skin of my ‘dream’ Nashville by painting a musical picture of loss, surrender, resurrection, redemption, and connection with real people who make and support honest music.”
One of the album’s many highlights is “Cheer Up Little Darling”…which Angaleena co-wrote with her dear friend Guy Clark. This is the last song completed by Guy before his death and features Shawn Camp playing Guy’s No. 10 guitar, which was used to write the song with Guy, and Guy’s mandola, which he had been learning to play during the last year of his life.
The album is already receiving early rave reviews…check them out here!
“… a world-class songwriter, she affirms her status as one of Nashville’s most authentic and provocative artists,” Associated Press
“Angaleena Presley Doesn’t Need Nashville, but Nashville Needs Her,” Noisey
“these 12 strong, memorable songs reflect and embody, both thematically and musically, the best that country music has had to offer over the past 70 years,” No Depression
“Angaleena Presley “might have made the best country album of the year,” Nashville Scene
“the feistiest woman in country music since Dolly Parton,” Independent
The “Wrangled” track listing is below (songwriters in parenthesis):
- Dreams Don’t Come True (Angaleena Presley, Miranda Lambert, Ashley Monroe)
- High School (Angaleena Presley, Ivy Walker, Sophie Walker)
- Only Blood Feat. Morgane Stapleton (Angaleena Presley, Chris Stapleton )
- Country Feat. Yelawolf (Angaleena Presley, Michael Wayne Atha)
- Wrangled (Angaleena Presley)
- Bless My Heart (Angaleena Presley)
- Outlaw (Angaleena Presley)
- Mama I Tried (Angaleena Presley, Oran Thornton)
- Cheer Up Little Darling (Angaleena Presley, Guy Clark)
- Groundswell (Angaleena Presley, Ian Fitchuk)
- Good Girl Down (Angaleena Presley, Wanda Jackson, Vanessa Olavarez)
- Motel Bible (Angaleena Presley, Oran Thornton, Trevor Thornton)
Angaleena will debut many of these new songs while out on the road this Spring and Summer.
For a complete list of tour dates and more information on Angaleena Presley, visit her website and follow her on Facebook and Twitter.
