Preorder Todd Snider’s upcoming album, High, Lonesome and Then Some. on Sea Glass colored vinyl LP & CD and make plans to join us in the record store on Friday, October 17th, to celebrate the release of the album with us on street date! Snider will be performing a short set in the record store to be followed by an album signing. All who preorder his new album from Grimey’s (either in the record store or here) will receive a wristband for the signing portion of our event. Wristbands are required to participate in the signing (for all 13+) and also guarantee entrance to our event. Space is limited, so don’t miss your shot to be here for this special occasion.

Imagine you’re driving down a rural two-lane road somewhere in the South, and you come upon a little beer joint. You pull over and go inside where there’s a band — three guitars, bass and drums and a couple of female backing vocalists — playing some dirt road blues. The mood is loose, the band is tight and the lead singer has a voice that sounds like he’s spent a lot of time traveling up-and-down dirt roads living and singing the blues. That’s the sound of High, Lonesome and Then Some., Todd Snider’s 15th studio album.
Produced by Aaron Lee Tasjan, Robbie Crowell, and Joe Bisirri, High, Lonesome and Then Some. is a stripped-down, juke-joint album of nine tracks, each of them steeped in the blues and loping along on what Todd calls a “slow choogle.” Listening to it slows your heart rate and makes you breathe more deeply; that was by design: “I wanted us to sound like we're so high that people think we should speed up,” Todd says of the recording process.

Tasjan, who modeled his early career on Snider’s, says he’s always wanted to learn Snider’s songwriting magic. “I thought that perhaps, getting to work with him on an album would be the perfect opportunity I'd been waiting on for 20 years to understand how he really does it. But do you know what I learned?” Tasjan says. “I learned that Todd Snider is a real, actual magician. And there would be no tricks. There was just Todd Snider and his real magic.”
Snider’s magic splits the album into two distinct parts: On side one, he’s pleading his case to someone for one more try, and to accompany him to Reno, Nevada — a trip that ultimately goes poorly. “It’s the idea of, ‘This is the life we’ve chosen, so let’s go out swinging,’” Snider says.

On side two, he shifts the perspective from himself to songs about the person he’s addressing, working through all kinds of baggage along the way. “I had a list of girls that I wanted to talk to,” he says matter-of-factly, “that I owed an explanation to.” Ultimately by album’s end, Snider finds someone new and essentially tells them, “Hey, this is who I am, and if you’re still up for it, let’s go.”

HIgh, Lonesome and Then Some. is available to preorder here now on Sea Glass colored vinyl LP and CD. All who preorder the album for local, store pickup will receive a wristband with their preorder for our 10/17 event with the Todd Snider. Preorders are limited to total of FOUR TOTAL per customer / household. For each album preordered, you’ll receive a wristband such that two LPs preordered = two wristbands, one CD preordered = one wristband, etc. All who place preorders in advance will receive an email with preorder pickup and event details on or by the day before our event.

After the performance portion of our event, Todd Snider will sign albums for wristbanded attendees. Wristbands are required for the signing for all 13+ and guarantee entrance to our event. (Wristbands are not required for kids 12 & under attending with a wristband-holding adult.)

Preorders placed for local, event pickup will be available starting at 11:00 AM on Friday, October 17th, the day of our event with Todd Snider.

Event preorders for store pickup will be held for three months after the event date. Please pick up your copy of High, Lonesome and Then Some. no later than January 17th.