{"id":3032,"date":"2023-02-11T16:36:45","date_gmt":"2023-02-11T16:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cmni.co.uk\/?p=3032"},"modified":"2023-02-11T16:36:46","modified_gmt":"2023-02-11T16:36:46","slug":"chase-rice-shares-introspective-stories-of-love-regret-and-redemption-with-new-album-i-hate-cowboys-all-dogs-go-to-hell-available-everywhere-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmni.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/02\/11\/chase-rice-shares-introspective-stories-of-love-regret-and-redemption-with-new-album-i-hate-cowboys-all-dogs-go-to-hell-available-everywhere-now\/","title":{"rendered":"CHASE RICE SHARES INTROSPECTIVE STORIES OF LOVE, REGRET AND REDEMPTION WITH NEW ALBUM I HATE COWBOYS & ALL DOGS GO TO HELL AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE NOW"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With yesterday’s release of\u00a0I Hate Cowboys & All Dogs Go To Hell<\/em><\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0chart-topping singer\/songwriter\u00a0Chase Rice<\/strong>\u00a0is poised for a career-defining moment with the album already earning praise as his best work to date. Born out of the recent time away from the roar of sold-out crowds, the project is the result of Rice’s realisation that despite career milestones including RIAA Diamond certification as a\u00a0songwriter, numerous multi-Platinum hits and three No. 1s at Country radio to his name, he still had more to offer\u00a0creatively \u2013 both to fans and to himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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\u201cPeople always say that Nashville is a 10-year town; that it usually takes 10 years of grinding to finally reach that moment of breakthrough success,\u201d<\/em> reflects Rice, \u201cFor me, though, I was part of a group of songwriters that found lightning in a bottle immediately when I moved to town. It was a wild ride that I hung onto and tried to replicate as much as I could. What I\u2019ve realized, though, is that I never identified who I am as my own artist. Now, a decade later, I know that my 10 years in this town were all about discovering my true self and getting to this point of releasing an album that I can honestly say reflects the man I want to be from start to finish.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Offering 13 tracks, all of which feature Rice as a songwriter (including three solo writes), I Hate Cowboys & All Dogs Go To Hell<\/em> showcases a raw, passionate side of the man praised by Sports Illustrated <\/em>for \u201chis wild ride to redemption\u201d and honors his late father, Daniel Rice, with its cover art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c<\/em>My dad was one of those good guys you read about \u2013 tough, hardworking, always helping other people out,\u201d <\/em>Rice notes of the man gracing the album cover. \u201cI try to live my life in a way that would make him proud. I haven’t always measured up to that, but I get closer to that man I want to be and the man he\u2019d be proud of every single day.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMaking this album was a big step towards that musically, too,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>he continues.\u00a0\u201cNot only is it the most vulnerable I’ve ever been, it\u2019s also something he\u2019d enjoy listening to and is full of stories I wish I could tell him. I\u2019ve always wanted\u00a0to honor him by using this photo as an album cover, and I know this project is the one that deserves that.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Building on solo songwriting sessions with just his acoustic guitar, plus trips with friends where songs were born from real life as opposed to Music Row writing appointments, Rice took the same approach into the recording process with producer Oscar Charles<\/strong>. Forgoing a traditional studio, Rice and Charles turned his rural home into their 24\/7 workspace, bringing in a live band with no click track to capture a rugged, authentic sound over the course of an immersive two-week session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opening with the timeless message of true love\u2019s power on ‘Walk That Easy<\/strong>,’ the album immediately makes clear that this is a different sonic product than any previous offerings from Rice, as does lead single ‘Way Down Yonder<\/strong>‘ with a funky, carnival-sounding guitar line repeating throughout the track and lyrics based on true moonshining history building to the infectious chorus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘Life Part of Living<\/strong>‘, meanwhile, summarises the album\u2019s overall theme of love, regret and redemption in its opening verse (\u201cI\u2019ve had a lot of good years I missed as they rolled on by \/ Now here I am just a kid goin\u2019 on 35 \/ I\u2019ve played my songs and played my part, played it wrong and played some hearts \/ Lived the highs, lows, in betweens of this thing called life<\/em>\u201d). Rice offers a similarly contemplative performance on introspective anthem ‘I Walk Alone<\/strong>‘, with the lyrical imagery serving as an autobiographical metaphor for his own musical journey, building to a climax during the goosebump-inducing final third as he lets loose vocally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clocking in at nearly eight minutes in length, standout track ‘Oklahoma<\/strong>‘ (featuring the Sooner State\u2019s own Read Southall Band<\/strong>), also builds to an impressive climax; opening as a haunting Wild West ballad and concluding with a three minute, surging instrumental outro to fully illustrate the impressive dynamic of the live band recording in Rice\u2019s own living room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Celebrated by Billboard <\/em>as \u201cone of his most earnest vocal deliveries to date,\u201d ‘Key West & Colorado<\/strong>‘ served as an early preview of the album along with ‘Bench Seat<\/strong>‘, written alone by Rice as an emotional ode to the power of a dog\u2019s love and released recently along with a heart-wrenching music video<\/a> spotlighting mental health. Another solo write and early preview, ‘If I Were Rock & Roll<\/strong>‘ was the first song written for the project. Initially released as a single in late 2021 and now appearing as a reimagined version on the album, it sees Rice reflecting on the people and memories that have shaped him \u2013 as well as the areas in which he\u2019s fallen short.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the emotional heft, the album also features points of high-energy punctuation while maintaining a mature musicality, including with a a fresh take on a tried-and-true Country music theme. Feel-good singalong ‘Goodnight Nancy<\/strong>‘ (featuring Boy Named Banjo<\/strong>) celebrates the local \u201croadhouse queen,\u201d while ‘Bad Day To Be A Cold Beer<\/strong>‘ introduces a new cowriter to Nashville via PGA Champion Justin Thomas<\/strong>, whose simple statement during a day together on the golf course \u2013 \u201cBoys, it\u2019s a bad day to be a cold beer\u201d \u2013 now finds permanence on Rice\u2019s album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The humorous honky-tonk apology of ‘Sorry Momma<\/strong>‘ offers another light moment with a singalong chorus and jangly piano as Rice delivers a heartfelt message to the woman who did everything she could to keep a brood of three rowdy boys in line, concluding, \u201cLord knows I\u2019m to blame, so I\u2019m sorry Momma for the hell you raised<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tongue-in-cheek lyricism is perhaps most evident on one half of the album\u2019s title, ‘All Dogs Go To Hell<\/strong>,’ which illustrates how painful it can be to watch love leave by weaving a web of lies to reveal a man in denial as the chorus peaks (\u201cI don\u2019t miss you baby, and all dogs go to hell<\/em>\u201d), and on ‘I Hate Cowboys<\/strong>‘, the other half of the project\u2019s title, bringing the album to an emphatic close by flipping the truth on its head with an ode to how enviable cowboys really are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m at the place in my life now where I just want people to know who I really am as opposed to who they think I am,\u201d <\/em>Rice summarised the 13-song offering to PopCulture<\/em><\/a>. \u201c<\/em>I think this record’s a good start.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soon, fans will get to hear the new music live on Rice\u2019s Way Down Yonder Tour<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, set to visit iconic venues such as Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, Boston\u2019s House of Blues and Athens\u2019 Georgia Theatre beginning March 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For all the latest news on his forthcoming music as well as upcoming tour dates, visit ChaseRice.com<\/a> and follow Rice on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a> and TikTok<\/a> @ChaseRiceMusic and on Instagram<\/a> @ChaseRice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I Hate Cowboys & All Dogs Go To Hell <\/u><\/em><\/strong>Track List:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Produced by Oscar Charles, Songwriters in Parentheses<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n