“If anybody has what it takes to build a big, broad, generation-spanning audience, it’s Combs.” – NPR MUSIC
“On This One’s For You…the singer and songwriter proves himself to be
an astute student of both the genre’s trends and conventions.” – NPR MUSIC
Nashville, Tenn. – In anticipation of his celebrated debut album This One’s For You, rising star and hit song craftsman Luke Combs joined NPR Music’s First Listen Thursday (5/25) for an exclusive advance stream of the project in its entirety one week before its June 2 release. NPR Music heralds Combs for “demonstrating current pop fluency and a connection with the sturdy contributions of previous generations of country performers” and highlights his “grasp of Music Row songcraft (he’s deft at finding new life in familiar idioms) and his instinct for humanizing songs with his performances.”
Breaking barriers and setting records, Combs debut single “Hurricane” topped both Billboard and Mediabase charts for two consecutive weeks – rendering Combs the first debut Country artist with a multi-week No. 1 since Florida Georgia Line’s “Cruise” and first new solo male to accomplish the feat in 9 years. In addition to radio success, Combs’ accolades continue to mount with nominations for “Breakthrough Artist-Writer Of The Year” at the 2017 MusicRow Awards and “Breakthrough Video Of The Year” at the 2017 CMT Music Awards.
LISTEN HERE: NPR MUSIC FIRST LISTEN – This One’s For You
Forecasted by Rolling Stone as “one of the most anticipated albums of the year” and Entertainment Weekly as a “dynamic debut album,” This One’s For You showcases Combs’ writing prowess paired with the every man relatability and magnetism the North Carolina native’s groundswell and rabid fan base founded on. Recorded in 2015 in Nashville, prior to major label involvement, This One’s For You features fan-favorites including “One Number Away,” When It Rains It Pour” and “Hurricane”, the anchor mega-hit for the project. Operating on a minimal budget and limited studio time, Combs’ recorded “Hurricane” in a one-pass scratch vocal which he released as the commercial track and included on the album project.
Combs hits the road on Tuesday for a whirlwind 3-stop album release pop-up tour in partnership with The Weather Channel with shows in Chicago, Ill. (May 30), Nashville, Tenn. (May 31), and Asheville, N.C. (June 1.) This summer Combs joins Brantley Gilbert on the Devil Don’t Sleep Tour and makes stops at the nation’s hottest summer festivals including CMA Music Fest, Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival and Austin City Limits.