Priscilla Block is ready to release her debut album, Welcome To The Block Party, tomorrow (February 11th). The collection, which she’s been working on for about two years, follows last year’s six-song self-titled Priscilla Block EP, the highest-performing country female debut EP of 2021. Bringing a lyrically driven blend of Country-Pop and Southern Rock – a.k.a. the “Block Party” sound – to Nashville’s evolving musical landscape, Welcome To The Block Party features 12 songs, all written by the newcomer, including “Just About Over You,” the Top 15 smash and highest peaking debut single from a female country artist in 2021.
The intro track on the new album is a song she and her co-writer Mark Mulch wrote, which also intros her live shows. “’Welcome To The Block Party’ is a song that I wrote years ago, and my co-writer came into the room and was like, ‘Have you ever written a song called ‘Welcome To The Block Party?’ Like you are the block party. You call your fans the Block Party. Like we need a Block Party song.’ This has been the song that we’ve always intro’d our shows with. It gets the people going.”
She also says the track includes some really big moments of her career over the last year and helps tie her live show into her record. “’Welcome To The Block Party’ just made sense to intro the album with. It’s the title of the album. It is the first song we ever play in our live shows, and it’s just electric. It’s exciting, and I felt like intro’ing my album with this gets people excited for a live show, and I want people to feel like this whole album is a live experience, and I’m really, really excited for this choice. And we also pulled some really big moments this year to put into that intro, and I’m really, really excited for it. It just made sense, and it’s cool because it ties the live show into the record.”
Welcome To The Block Party Track List:
- Welcome To The Block Party (Priscilla Block, Mark Mulch)
- My Bar (Priscilla Block, Stone Aielli, Lexie Hayden)
- Heels In Hand (Priscilla Block, Robbie Artress, Josh Beale, Sarah Jones, Kate Hasting)
- Like A Boy (Priscilla Block, Sarah Jones, Emily Kroll)
- I Know A Girl (Featuring Hillary Lindsey) (Priscilla Block, David Garcia, Hillary Lindsey)
- Ever Since You Left (Priscilla Block, Sarah Jones, Josh Kerr)
- Thick Thighs (Block Party Version) (Priscilla Block, Emily Kroll, Sarah Jones)
- I Bet You Wanna Know (Priscilla Block, Stone Aielli, Sarah Jones)
- I’ve Gotten Good (Priscilla Block, Liz Rose, Phil Barton)
- Wish You Were The Whiskey (Priscilla Block, Sarah Jones, Josh Beale, Kate Hasting)
- Just About Over You (Radio Edit) (Priscilla Block, Emily Kroll, Sarah Jones)
- Peaked In High School (Priscilla Block, Josh Beale, Sarah Jones, Kate Hasting)
Welcome To The Block Party was produced by Robbie Artress, Jake Curry, and Justin Johnson.
Priscilla, who is nominated for her first ACM Award for New Female Artist of the Year, recently released her new single, “My Bar,” which she co-wrote with Stone Aielli and Lexie Hayden.
Audio / Priscilla Block explains why she put the intro track of a portion of “Welcome To The Block Party” on her album of the same name.
DownloadPriscilla Block (WTTBP Intro Track) OC: …Block Party, baby. :56
“’Welcome To The Block Party’ is a song that I wrote years ago, and my co-writer came into the room and was like, ‘Have you ever written a song called ‘Welcome To The Block Party?’ Like you are the block party. You call your fans the Block Party. Like we need a Block Party song.’ This has been the song that we’ve always intro’d our shows with. It gets the people going. It’s exciting, and I just figured why not start my album with ‘Welcome To The Block Party’ and let people experience the feeling of what a live show is going to feel like, and that’s the song on the album that you have to go to the live show to hear it fully. And it just made sense with titling the album, Welcome To The Block Party. The world is getting to meet me, and I’m excited. I’m like, ‘Hey! Here I am. Here it is. You either love it or leave it. Welcome to the Block Party, baby!”
Audio / Priscilla Block says she put the intro track on her debut album, Welcome To The Block Party, because it ties her live show into her record.
DownloadPriscilla Block (WTTBP Intro Track) 2 OC: …into the record. :41
“’Welcome To The Block Party’ just made sense to intro the album with. It’s the title of the album. It is the first song we ever play in our live shows, and it’s just electric. It’s exciting, and I felt like intro’ing my album with this gets people excited for a live show, and I want people to feel like this whole album is a live experience, and I’m really, really excited for this choice. And we also pulled some really big moments this year to put into that intro, and I’m really, really excited for it. It just made sense, and it’s cool because it ties the live into the record.”