When Wyoming native Ian Munsick carried out his sold-out Crimson Rocks Amphitheatre debut final yr, a shock on-stage adoption by the Crow Tribe moved him to his core, setting him on a inventive trajectory towards his third album. Impressed by the items his Native buddies offered him that night time, together with an eagle feather he proudly wears in his hat, the idea and title of Eagle Feather was born. Hearken to “Eagle Feather,” above.
Eagle Feather is the fruits of a three-part thematic trilogy the place Munsick used animals as inspirational spirits, which began with Coyote Cry, his debut album. With the eagle feather representing honor, energy and knowledge, it highlights Munsick’s private development by means of life experiences and classes discovered which have formed him into who he’s. The co-writers on the album are a who’s who of Nashville hit-makers.
“If you happen to’re studying this, likelihood is you’ve been listening to my music for at the very least a pair years. A few of you’ve in all probability even been spreading the phrase of the west for a decade. It doesn’t matter what facet of the coin you’re on, Eagle Featheris for YOU,” Munsick proclaims. “I can confidently say that that is the perfect album I’ve made. However it’s not mine anymore… it’s yours.
“All of the numerous hours we spent pondering lyrics, crafting melodies and tweaking tones had been all as a result of we wish you to like each second of this mission,” he provides. “You may have blessed my profession past perception. Thank you’ll by no means be sufficient, however hopefully this album will. Your subsequent favourite track of mine awaits.”
Eagle Feather opens with the primary of three Prairie Laments that bookend the mission, showing initially, center and finish. Setting the tone for the album, Munsick longingly declares his love for Wyoming, and his need to set his legacy there.
In between, Munsick units ahead the pillars upon which the album’s which means and message are based mostly: honor, love and authenticity, which in flip, is a code of the right way to dwell.
Tapping into his buddies was pivotal for this album, as evident within the title observe, co-written with singer-songwriter Stephen Wilson Jr. Getting collectively to put in writing on a late afternoon in Nashville, Munsick shared with him the honour of being adopted into the Crow Tribe. As he listened, Wilson began to play his intestine string in his distinctive tuning. From that, Wilson stated, “Gave you my coronary heart like eagle feather,” and identical to that, a track was shaped.
For a superb portion of 2024, Munsick was on the highway with one other rising Wilson: Lainey. Whereas on the highway, he cooked up the deeply private and delicately poignant “Feather In My Hat.” Munsick knew that if Wilson lent her vocals, it will give it one other layer of emotional depth. After a present at New York Metropolis’s legendary Radio Metropolis Music Corridor, Munsick requested Wilson if she’d contribute her vocals. The reply was a convincing sure.
Watch the “Feather In My Hat” official music video, under.
Munsick was additionally in a position to attract from private experiences and tales to point out how life’s little moments could be its most impactful. One instance of this may be discovered on “Wolf Creek Street,” a strong second the place Munsick displays on a real story after an evening out on the rodeo when he was a teen, when he had an in depth name and rolled his automotive. His father, none too happy, drove him again to that space to point out him a wood cross on the facet of the highway and didn’t say a phrase. For Munsick, the silence was deafening and stated all the things. That “what may need been for those who weren’t cautious” second is somberly mirrored all through the track’s gut-wrenching 4 minutes.
The heaviness of the album culminates in its final observe, “The Gate.” The observe options three generations of Munsicks, together with his father and younger son collaborating within the intro and outro, symbolizing leaving the world, or on this case, the gate, simply pretty much as good as you discovered it. See full observe listing under.
Eagle Feather tracklisting (songwriters in parentheses):
1) Prairie Lament (Ian Munsick, Jeremy Spillman)
2) Too Many Timber (Ian Munsick, Wynn Varble)
3) Horses Not Hearts (Andy Albert, Michael Tyler, Ben Stennis)
4) Eagle Feather (Ian Munsick, Stephen Wilson Jr.)
5) Grass In The Center Of A Filth Street (Ian Munsick, Jacob Davis, Josh Miller)
6) God Bless The West ft. Cleto Cordero (Ian Munsick, Jeremy Spillman, Casey Beathard)
7) Caroline (Ian Munsick, Jeremy Spillman, Phil O’Donnell)
8) Stampede ( Ian Munsick, Phil O’Donnell, Jeremy Spillman)
9) Prairie Lament ii (Ian Munsick)
10) Wolf Creek Street (Ian Munsick, Abram Dean, Jeremy Spillman)
11) Feather In My Hat ft. Lainey Wilson (Ian Munsick, Caitlyn Smith, Marc Scilbila)
12) Fixin’ Me (Ian Munsick, Trannie Anderson, Jared Conrad)
13) Drink Round (Wyatt McCubbin, Travis Wooden, Jared Kiem)
14) Made Her That Manner (Ian Munsick)
15) Good Canines & Unhappy Songs (Ian Munsick, Jeremy Spillman, Rivers Rutherford)
16) Firewater (Ian Munsick, Jeremy Spillman, Jeff Hyde)
17) Western Girl (Ian Munsick, Billy Montana, Randy Montana)
18) Cheyenne (Ian Munsick, Jeremy Spillman)
19) Prairie Lament iii (Ian Munsick and Jeremy Spillman)
20) The Gate (Ian Munsick, Benjy Davis, Josh Kerr)
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