It is with great excitement that we announce the upcoming full length from United States flail-grass folk punk staples Rail Yard Ghosts, titled Greengrass, slated for release on July 29, 2016.

Following up on a string of complex and emotive DIY folk punk LPs, and their recent Split EP with Days N Daze on All We’ve Got, the new album is a cumulation of years of hard work and fine tuning.

Painstakingly written and perfected over the past two years – on freight trains, tops of mountains, salty beaches and every deserted road in between – Greengrass promises to be the most cohesive and powerful offering from the band yet.

Branching off in a previously unexplored direction, the usual whiskey stained vocals and heart stopping banjo riffs have been replaced by jovial, dreamlike vocal harmonies and monumental piano solos. Where fans may once have found gritty and raw undertones, they will now be greeted with vocoded overdubs, pounding 808’s and thundering bass lines.

“It’s been such a process and such an honor to create this album” says the band in a recent interview with Punk News “Back in the early days we really never thought we could do this, and now it’s just spectacular to see where we have come… From the day we donned those dumpster dived ‘Duff Stuff‘ hoodies to now, it’s all been sort of a blur. But it’s time we shed folk-punk and truly embrace our musical calling… Look out Bieber, we’re coming for you on the charts!”

Joining the group on Greengrass is Quebec’s Chuck Comeau who fills out the percussion, while rumor has it that California’s Tom DeLonge supplies backing vocals for the albums’ first single Stop To Pick The Flowers (Club Mix 3000).

Rail Yard Ghosts will be supporting the album with a headlining UK tour this summer, supported by up and comer Bill Nye The Science Guy.

Greengrass will be released on vinyl and compact disk by yours truly. Pre-order will be up soon!

Until the first single drops, take a listen to the Rail Yard Ghosts here:

And throw them a high five here!