Tyler Childers has announced his new album with the release of a song he’s never before recorded: “Nose on the Grindstone.” The song about the effects of the opioid crisis on Appalachia dropped on Thursday along with the release date for Snipe Hunter, the Kentucky songwriter’s latest LP. Produced by Rick Rubin, Snipe Hunter arrives July 25 via Childers’ own Hickman Holler Records and RCA.
“Nose on the Grindstone” has turned up regularly in Childers’ live sets. “Daddy worked like a mule minin’ Pike County coal/’Til he fucked up his back and couldn’t work anymore,” goes the intro. “He said one of these days, you’ll get out of these hills/Keep your nose on the grindstone and out of the pills.” But until now, the singer had never recorded and released a studio version.
Conversely, Childers did record his song “Long Violent History” in 2020 but had never performed it live until earlier this week onstage at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, where ICE raids targeting immigrants and subsequent protests are roiling the city.
Childers, along with Chris Stapleton, will headline Healing Appalachia, a music festival that raises awareness for and celebrates recovery from opioid addiction, in September in Ashland, Kentucky.
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Snipe Hunter is the follow-up to Childer’s 2023 album Rustin’ in the Rain. He’ll hit the road on a headlining tour in July, with dates scheduled through November.
Tyler Childers’ tour dates:
July 18 — Redmond, OR @ Fairwell Festival
July 20 — Whitefish, MT @ Under the Big Sky Festival
July 24 — Omaha, NE @ CHI Health Center*
July 26 — East Troy, WI @ Alpine Valley Music Theatre‡
Sept. 19-20 — Ashland, KY @ Healing Appalachia
Sept. 22 — Charlottesville, VA @ John Paul Jones Arena
Sept. 24 — Camden, NJ @ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion†
Sept. 25 — Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Center†
Sept. 27 — Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live†
Sept. 29 — Forest Hills, NY @ Forest Hills Stadium*
Sept. 30 — Forest Hills, NY @ Forest Hills Stadium*
Oct. 3 — Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center+
Oct. 5 — Memphis, TN @ Mempho Music Festival
Oct. 7 — Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center+
Oct. 10 — Nashville, TN @ GEODIS Park^
Oct. 11 — Nashville, TN @ GEODIS Park^
Nov. 15 — London, U.K. @ O2 Arena~
*with special guest Medium Build
‡with special guests The Hold Steady and Medium Build
†with special guests Medium Build and SOMA
+with special guest Hayes Carll
^with special guests Charley Crockett and Cory Branan
~with special guests The Magic Numbers and Omni of Halos