Mercury Nashville / Range Music recording artist Luke Grimes released his debut EP, Pain Pills Or Pews, today (October 20th). Grimes serves as co-writer on six of the eight songs in the collection that was produced by Dave Cobb. The EP features tracks that are highly personal to the country artist, including the fan favorite “No Horse to Ride,” the recently released “Burn” and one of Grimes’ personal favorites, “Ain’t Dead Yet,” amongst others.
“To me Pain Pills or Pews should feel like the very beginning of a story. The songs were chosen because they felt the most personal and even the outside songs felt almost biographical,” said Grimes. “This is my first time putting music into the world in such a significant way and the most important thing with this collection of songs was that it established a relationship with me and anyone who might want to listen. I want to ‘let people in’ so to speak, so that hopefully the story can continue.”
LISTEN TO PAIN PILLS OR PEWS | HERE
This fall, Grimes will be heading out on the road to bring fans live performances of his songs. Tickets are available at www.lukegrimesmusic.com. Grimes recently performed at the Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, CO he will be returning to Stagecoach in Indio, CA in April 2024.
Track Listing Pain Pills Or Pews:
- No Horse To Ride (Luke Grimes, Tony Lane, Jonathan Singleton)
- Hold On (Foy Vance & Ilsey Juber)
- Ghost Of Who We Were (Luke Grimes, Nicolle Gaylon, Rodney Clawson)
- Where It’s Blue (Colton Venner)
- Burn (Luke Grimes, Randy Montana, Josh Thompson)
- Playing On The Tracks (Luke Grimes & Brent Cobb)
- Oh Ohio (Luke Grimes, Jessi Alexander, Jon Randall)
- Ain’t Dead Yet (Luke Grimes & Aaron Raitiere)
Upcoming Show Dates:
| 11/9 | Columbus, OH | Newport Music Hall |
| 11/10 | Philadelphia, PA | Theatre of Living Arts |
| 11/30 | Minneapolis, MN | First Avenue |
| 12/1 | Rosemont, IL | Joe’s Live |
| 12/7 | Dallas, TX | The Factory in Deep Ellum |
| 12/9 | Austin, TX | Emo’s |
| 12/15 | Washington, DC | 9:30 Club |
| 12/16 | Boston, MA | The Roadrunner |
Tickets Available HERE
Audio / Luke Grimes talks about recording outside songs for his EP.
DownloadLuke Grimes (cutting outside songs) OC: …the context. :50
“One of my favorite things about Nashville and country music and Music Row is that the song is the star. And people can sing songs for generations and pass them down and you have different versions, and a really good song is a really good song. There was no part of me that needed like this percentage of this album to be things that I wrote. It was never like that. It was just kind of honestly going through the process and when we had enough songs we were going to go in and make something. And the whole time that I was writing they were sending me outside stuff and with those two it was as simple as like I understand what they’re saying. I could sing that, and I could mean it and it makes me feel something and I could mean that just as much as something that I wrote down on a piece of paper. I understood the content and the context.”
