Brothers Osborne re getting ready to release their third studio album, Skeletons, tomorrow (October 9th). John and TJ Osborne teamed up with longtime producer Jay Joyce for Skeletons and co-wrote every track on the project along with frequent collaborators Lee Miller, Craig Wiseman, Natalie Hemby, Casey Beathard and more.
The guys crafted the album with songs that would play very well during their live show, which is unfortunately a little ironic since touring was put on hold for 2020. However, fans are gravitating towards the album’s songs as something they’ve needed during this uncertain time.
“Skeletons is a record that was essentially brought on because we wanted to play more new songs live,” says John. “So going into this record T.J. and I decided let’s make a record that no matter what song we just cherry pick out of the record we can do it during our show. And that is how we decided the songs that we ended up on the record. And we started with just like every other artist, 30, 40 plus songs. We started whittling them down, ‘well we might be able to play that. I don’t know if we would be able to play that.’ And that’s how we ended up with Skeletons. And it was really birthed from just playing live shows.”
Skeletons Track Listing:
- “Lighten Up”
(John Osborne, TJ Osborne, Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk) - “All Night”
(John Osborne, TJ Osborne and Andrew DeRoberts) - “All The Good Ones Are”
(TJ Osborne, Lee Miller and Craig Wiseman) - “I’m Not For Everyone”
(John Osborne, TJ Osborne, Luke Dick and Natalie Hemby) - “Skeletons”
(John Osborne, TJ Osborne and Andrew DeRoberts) - “Back On The Bottle”
(John Osborne, TJ Osborne and Hayes Carll) - “High Note”
(John Osborne, TJ Osborne, Casey Beathard and Dustin Christensen) - “Muskrat Greene”
(John Osborne) - “Dead Man’s Curve”
(John Osborne, TJ Osborne and Lee Miller) - “Make It A Good One”
(John Osborne, TJ Osborne and Stephen Wilson Jr.) - “Hatin’ Somebody”
(John Osborne, TJ Osborne and Casey Beathard) - “Old Man’s Boots”
(John Osborne)
Check out the guys unwrapping their album for the first time right here.
John and TJ are throwing a virtual album release party. Click HERE to tune-in at 7pm ET/6pm CT.
Audio / Brothers Osborne’s John Osborne explains why the duo made the album, Skeletons.
DownloadBrothers Osborne (how Skeletons was made) OC: …came about. 1:02
“Skeletons is a record that was essentially brought on because we wanted to play more new songs live. So going into this record T.J. and I decided let’s make a record that no matter what song we just cherry pick out of the record we can do it during our show. And that is how we decided the songs that we ended up on the record. And we started with just like every other artist, 30, 40 plus songs. We started whittling them down, ‘well we might be able to play that. I don’t know if we would be able to play that.’ And that’s how we ended up with Skeletons. And it was really birthed from just playing live shows. One of the cool things about this record is that this is the first record where our entire band is playing on it. Previous records our drummer Adam and our bass player Pete they were playing, but this one has our other guitar player Jason and our keys player Billy Justin now. And it made a huge difference because for the first time we all got in the studio after playing hundreds of shows together, we put the headphones on and started playing and it was like oh it’s just the guys. We’re jamming with the dudes. And that’s how the record came about.”
Audio / Brothers Osborne’s John Osborne talks about the title of the duo’s new album, Skeletons.
DownloadBrothers Osborne (title Skeleton) OC: …brain going. :31
“One of the main reasons we named our record Skeletons is we feel that that song defines where we’re at in our career sonically and lyrically and defines what our band sounds like. It’s the first song that we recorded and paved the way for the rest of the record. And just the word, Skeletons, has such a really cool aesthetic and brand to it. We knew we could really have a lot of fun in terms of the art, the album art and production and stuff like that. It’s really compelling. It gets your brain going.”
