Mainly produced by The War & Treaty’s Michael Trotter Jr. and recorded at the legendary FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, Plus One marks Michael and his partner Tanya’s fourth full-length and follow-up to Lover’s Game—a 2023 LP whose standout track “Blank Page” nabbed a Grammy nomination for Best American Roots Song and earned the band a nomination for Best New Artist. To create their most extravagant body of work to date, the duo enlisted their longtime live band and dreamed up a singular sound touched with elements of gospel, bluegrass, contemporary country, classic soul, symphonic pop, folk-rock, and more. Partly made in collaboration with esteemed producers like Jonathan Singleton (Luke Combs, Chase Rice), John Shanks (Stevie Nicks, Sheryl Crow), and Jesse Frasure (Jelly Roll, Kelsea Ballerini), the result is a transcendent double album firmly rooted in their timeless musicality and forward-thinking vision.

“There’s a spirit in the walls at FAME that I could hear speaking to us—I could feel Wilson Pickett and Percy Sledge and the Allman Brothers, all telling us to be honest and humble and take this moment very seriously,” says Michael. “The goal was to pull from the energy of the past and the present, and come up with something that becomes part of the future.” 

Plus One was released 2/14/25 through Mercury Nashville and is available here on CD and as a 2 LP vinyl set.

Preorders for mail order have shipped out from Grimey’s as of Friday, February 14th.

*Event orders for store pickup will be held for three months after release date. Please pick up your preordered copy of Plus One no later than May 13th.