Eric Church Details 'Evangeline vs. The Machine'

Eric Church poses in sunglasses and a blue leather jacket.

Photo - Robby Klein

Eric Church has announced details and a release date for his new upcoming album, Evangeline vs. The Machine, which will be available everywhere on May 2.

A self-proclaimed “album artist,” Eric has always championed the power of cohesive storytelling, and Evangeline vs. The Machine is no exception. He says, "An album is a snapshot in time that lasts for all time. I believe in that time-tested tradition of making records that live and breathe as one piece of art – I think it’s important.”

The country superstar added, "I’ve always let creativity be the muse. It’s been a compass for me. The people that I look up to in my career and the kind of musicians I gravitate to never did what I thought they were going to do next – and I love them for it. I never want our fans to get an album and go, ‘Oh, that’s like 'Chief,' or that’s like this.’"

He concluded, "Painstakingly, I lose sleep at night to try to make sure that whatever we do creatively, they go, ‘Wow, that's not what I thought.’ I think that's my job as an artist."

The album's lead single, "Hands Of Time," impacting Country radio on March 24, is available now as a preview of that endeavor. Church said, "As I get older, I’m looking for things that make me feel not as old. I can honestly say that when I hear music or see something from my past, I feel like I did then; I relate to what it was then. I really believe that a good way to handle that is with music.”

Evangeline vs. The Machine is his first new album since 2021’s Heart & Soul trilogy.

'Evangeline vs. The Machine' TrackList

Hands Of Time (Eric Church, Scooter Carusoe)
Bleed On Paper (Tucker Beathard, Casey Beathard, Monty Criswell)
Johnny (Eric Church, Luke Laird, Brett Warren)
Storm In Their Blood (Eric Church)
Darkest Hour (Eric Church)
Evangeline (Eric Church, Luke Laird, Barry Dean)
Rocket’s White Lincoln (Eric Church)
Clap Hands (Tom Waits)

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