Showing off her masterful technique for cultivating lyrical vulnerability, Capitol Records Nashville’s Caylee Hammack is set to release her new album Bed Of Roses, bearing the fruits of life, love and loss. It's available to pre-save HERE and will be out March 7th.
The 13 fresh tracks trace the universal story of a 20-something’s coming of age with a mix of gypsy soul, 70’s twang, and heel stomping red-dirt rock – “we all have similar heartbeats and heartbreaks,” she says – it’s filled with raw emotions and riveting energy, as the rising star learns to plant not just for a short pop of beauty, but aims to cultivate the nutrient dense, potent ground of experiences she continues to pull from with every song she releases.
“Your bed of roses is the bed you make – you get to decide how you spend your time and how you plant your garden,” Hammack says. “Good love is flowers that come back every year. Bad love, it’s just the thorn. Sometimes you got to till shit up. You’ve got to work through things and it’s not going to be fun. And then one day, your friends come over and you sit as a family on the back porch in the garden. And when they compliment the roses near the gate or the cherry tomatoes speckled about in the pasta, you get the pleasure of realising, 'I grew that, I put love, time, and belief into something and it paid off.'”
Sharing producer credits with studio savants Dann Huff and John Osborne of Brothers Osborne, a bouquet of experimental yet-somehow-timeless sounds emerged, centered in modern country. With live instruments, rich organic textures and a throbbing pulse, they matched the chaotic harmony of nature to Hammack’s otherworldly vocal, washed by waves of tremolo and reverb.
Inspired by a fleeting romance that never took root, title track ‘Bed of Roses’, written by Hammack, Jeff Hyde and Benjy Davis, marks the central point of the project. A bright anthem with a swampy strut and electrifying vocal, with a theme of embracing the inner peace no part-time partner can give, Hammack sees it as the garden gate opening up to welcome listeners in, available to stream HERE. The companion video to the new track is available to watch HERE and below.
The fiery songstress first set the scene for her next sonic chapter releasing ‘The Hill’ and her scored woman ballad ‘Breaking Dishes’ a “personality-packed bopper” that further displays Hammack as “busting with talent and has long deserved major stardom” (Music Row).
Bed Of Roses Tracklist:
1. ‘Bed of Roses’ (Caylee Hammack, Benjy Davis and Jeff Hyde)
2. ‘Breaking Dishes’ (Caylee Hammack, Mikey Reaves and Gordie Sampson)
3. ‘What My Angels Think of Me’ (Caylee Hammack, Meg McRee and Jake Mitchell)
4. ‘Back Again’ (Caylee Hammack, Tofer Brown and Lauren Hungate)
5. ‘Mammas’ (Ed Bruce and Patricia Bruce, Mia Mantia, Sj McDonald ,Trent Wayne )
6. ‘No I Ain’t’ (Caylee Hammack, Mark Trussell and Stephen Wilson Jr.)
7. ‘The Hill’ (Caylee Hammack, Tenille Townes and Logan Wall)
8. ‘The Pot & The Kettle’ (Caylee Hammack, Connor Thuotte and Stephen Wilson Jr.)
9. ‘Bread & Butter’ (Caylee Hammack, Luke Dick and Jeff Hyde)
10. ‘Cleopatra’ (Caylee Hammack, Meg McRee and Jake Mitchell)
11. ‘How Long’ (Caylee Hammack, John Osborne and Lucie Silvas)
12. ‘Oh, Kara’ (Caylee Hammack)
13. ‘Tumbleweed Men’ (Caylee Hammack, Joe Clemmons and Benjy Davis)
About Caylee Hammack:
With her new studio album Bed of Roses, available March 7th, Capitol Records Nashville artist Caylee Hammack keeps her musical roots intertwined with the country greats – with new branches reaching off to the outer edges of psychedelic Americana while fortifying her Country backbone.
An Ellaville, Georgia native with a self-described green thumb and stop-you-in-your-tracks vocals crossing the warbling buzz of hummingbird wings with the sting of a thorn, Hammack landed in Nashville at 19, turning heads with her unique mix of influences ranging from David Bowie and Kate Bush to Dolly Parton and Tom Waits.
Releasing the standout 2020 debut album IF IT WASN’T FOR YOU, she went on to share stadium stages with Luke Bryan and Brothers Osborne, stun tiny listening rooms into rapt silence, and captivate the Grand Ole Opry. All told, she has so far racked up 235.8 million career global streams to date, won an ACM Award for Musical Event of the Year (‘Fooled Around And Fell In Love’ with Miranda Lambert), and picked up Artist to Watch accolades from The Bobby Bones Show, Rolling Stone among other honours.
But Bed of Roses tracks five years of patient growth. Featuring 13 fresh cut blooms, the rising star learned to tend her “garden of life” not just for a short pop of beauty, but for a long lasting, healthy environment. “As a little girl who always just wanted a man to bring her flowers – I decided I’d be better off if I just learned how to grow my own,” she says.
For more information follow Hammack on Instagram, X and TikTok @cayleehammack.