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Eric Ryan Anderson

The three members of The Lone Bellow against a backdrop of sky.

The Lone Bellow

The Lone Bellow’s “Love Songs for Losers Tour” — named after the title of a new album dropping Nov. 4 — rolls into the historic Stoughton Opera House on the heels of “Gold,” the Nashville-based trio’s first new song in two years. It's an unvarnished take on the real-life impact of opioid addiction, peaking with a shimmering chorus, and it’s one of The Lone Bellow’s finest songs. The band is coming off a summer of playing amphitheaters, so it will be a treat to take in their folk-rock sound in such a warm and intimate environment.

a release: Nashville-based trio The Lone Bellow released their new single titled “Gold.” The first new release since their triumphant 2020 album Half Moon Light, “Gold” embodies an unvarnished intensity with a galvanizing look at the real-life impact of the opioid crisis. Recorded with their longtime bassist Jason Pipkin and drummer Julian Dorio, the chorus explodes in a wild collision of bright piano tones, potent beats, and massively stacked guitars.

Listen To “Gold” HERE.

“We don’t ever try to write songs with an agenda, so with ‘Gold’ the idea was to tell the story from the perspective of someone in a hard situation—in this case, a guy who’s stuck in the downward spiral of addiction,” stated guitarist Brian Elmquist. “We’ve sung ‘Gold’ as a folk song in the past, but for the recording we wanted to really experiment and push our sound as far as it could go.”

The Lone Bellow announced their fall headline tour, which kicks off on October 22 in Stoughton and includes stops at Chicago’s Thalia Hall, Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, DC’s 9:30 Club, and NYC’s Webster Hall among others. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.thelonebellow.com/tour.

Founded by Zach Williams, Kanene Donehey Pipkin, and Brian Elmquist, The Lone Bellow made their auspicious debut in 2013 with the self-titled, Charlie Peacock-produced album that quickly landed at No. 64 on the Billboard 200. It later turned up on best-of-the-year lists from the likes of Paste and PopMatters. With over 100 million career streams to date, The Lone Bellow’s past output also includes the Aaron Dessner-produced Then Came the Morning (a 2015 effort that earned them an Americana Music Award nomination) and Walk Into a Storm (a 2017 release produced by Dave Cobb and hailed by NPR for its “warmly rousing, gospel-inflected Americana”).