Taste of Country Exclusively Premieres Track;
TODAY with Hoda & Jenna Performance Tomorrow, July 3
CMT to Premiere Music Video Monday, July 6
Nashville, TN – BMG/Sea Gayle country trio Leaving Austin has officially released their new single “American Avenue.” The track, prominently featuring Cassadee Pope, was exclusively premiered by Taste of Country yesterday, calling it a “silky, pop-friendly love song that captures the spirit of the open road.” “American Avenue” is available across all DSPs now.
It’s a big week and then some for the band and the song. Joined by Pope, the band will make their national morning show debut on TODAY with Hoda & Jenna tomorrow, July 3, followed by the exclusive premier of the music video for “American Avenue” on CMT, Monday, July 6. Future coverage is also on the way with Sounds Like Nashville, The Boot, WSM Radio’s Coffee, Country and Cody, and more.
Leaving Austin wrote “American Avenue” with Parker Welling and Jordan Sapp, saying it was one of those days where they pulled out a title they had from years ago and explained its story.
“In the early days we would rehearse on Austin’s family’s raisin farm in their barn. Back then he had this single cab, cherry red Chevy Silverado that we used to pull our trailer full of gear to the farm. We all have memories of those days, driving down that country road, between the vines, where there was rarely another person on the road. There was just something so peaceful and free out there. When we wrote the song we asked Parker to sing the second verse and we knew right then that we had to get a female artist on this song. We brought up Cassadee’s name multiple times, thinking she’d be amazing, and then we ran into her at our BMG Nashville Christmas party in 2019. We chatted about the shows we had played together over the years and then out of pure chance, or maybe the free drinks, we told her we had the perfect song if she’d ever want to sing with us. She listened to it and said yes!”
About what made her say “yes,” Pope commented that “As a 90’s kid I was automatically in love with this song. Not only that, but it’s a complete ear worm. I couldn’t get it out of my head and that’s always a good sign. So the decision to say “yes” was an easy one to make!”