NAWAS RELEASE DEBUT EP – TROUBLE – TODAY ON HARVEST RECORDS
VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE “WHO ARE YOU” PREMIERES TODAY
NAWAS JOINS MAX FROST ON TOUR THIS FALL
Louisiana-bred, Nashville-based trio NAWAS release their debut EP – entitled Trouble – today via all digital partners, available to stream and download here. Watch the video for their new single “Who Are You” which premiered today here. The video was directed by the bands frequent collaborator Steven Worster and filmed in Nashville. NAWAS will join Max Frost on a North American tour beginning September 29th in Dallas. The run will include performances at Brooklyn’s Rough Trade on October 11th and wrap at The Echo in Los Angeles on November 8th (see below for all dates).
On Trouble, NAWAS approach pop music with both immaculate songcraft and rule-breaking originality, blending elements of electronic music, hip-hop, and R&B. Throughout Trouble, the band, which is vocalist/songwriter Jake Nawas, guitarist Ben McDaniel, and drummer Joey Gonzales, brings a layered complexity to its lyrics, a dynamic embodied in the soulful title track. “There’s a line in that song that goes ‘Trouble always follows me,’ which is a theme that runs across all of the EP,” says Nawas. “There’s a dark side to it but there’s something deeper there too – and sometimes trouble can be a good thing.”
NAWAS recorded the bulk of the EP in their adopted hometown of Nashville, joining forces with Grammy Award-nominated Sainte to expand their sound with more intricate textures and undeniably massive hooks, as well as Tim Anderson (Twenty One Pilots, Halsey) and Daniel James (Nicki Minaj, Selena Gomez).
Trouble arrives following a string of singles, including breakthrough track “Wrong,” which hit No.1 on Hype Machine and was praised by SPIN for “find[ing] the medium between Prince’s androgynous melodies and Calvin Harris’s euphoric bangers.” Their debut track “So Low,” was hailed as “beautifully produced” by The Fader, who also made note of Nawas’ “bewitchingly androgynous falsetto.” NAWAS has landed on Spotify’s most coveted playlists (including New Music Friday, Weekly Buzz, Discover Weekly, and Fresh Finds) and is fast approaching one million combined streams. Earlier this year, they released the track “Make It Work” and their single “Who Are You,” which appears on Trouble.
The tracklisting for the Trouble EP is as follows:
1) Who Are You
2) Running
3) Trouble
4) Waves
5) Galaxy
6) White Hot
9/29 Dallas, TX Dada
9/30 Austin, TX The Belmont
10/01 Houston, TX House of Blues Bronze Peacock
10/03 Birmingham, AL The Syndicate Lounge
10/05 Nashville, TN High Watt
10/06 Atlanta, GA Masquerade- Purgatory Stage
10/07 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle Back Room
10/09 Washington, DC DC9
10/10 Philadelphia, PA Boot & Saddle
10/11 Brooklyn, NY Rough Trade
10/12 Boston, MA Great Scott
10/14 Montreal, QC The Ritz
10/15 Toronto, ON Drake Hotel Underground
10/17 Columbus, OH The Basement
10/18 Pontiac, MI Pike Room
10/20 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
10/21 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
10/22 Kansas City, MO The Riot Room
10/24 Denver, CO Globe Hall
10/26 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court
10/27 Boise, ID Nerolux
10/28 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge
10/31 Seattle, WA Barboza
11/02 San Francisco, CA Rickshaw Stop
11/03 Santa Ana, CA Constellation Room
11/04 San Diego, CA Irenic
11/08 Los Angeles, CA The Echo
Photo credit: Steven Taylor
“‘So Low’ is beautifully produced with smooth beats and an R&B-esque tempo. The direct, contemplative lyrics are delivered in (Jake Nawas’) bewitchingly androgynous falsetto.”
“(NAWAS is) primed and ready to rattle speaker systems.”
“‘Wrong’ is a dense, sparkly track featuring heavy bass and fluid guitar riffs that find the medium between Prince’s androgynous melodies and Calvin Harris’ euphoric bangers”
