New song serves as a lyrical plea to “hit me like a train” with love and affection
Produced by Aaron Eshuis (“Chasing After You,” by Maren Morris and Ryan Hurd; Cole Swindell) and co-written by hit songwriters Jessi Alexander (Miley Cyrus’ “The Climb,” Lee Brice’s “I Drive Your Truck,” Blake Shelton “Mine Would Be You”), Ryan Beaver (Ryan Hurd’s “Platonic”, Steve Moakler’s “Breaking New Ground”, HARDY’s “4X4”), and JT Harding (Keith Urban’s “Somewhere In My Car,” Kenny Chesney’s “Somewhere With You” and “Bar At The End Of The World,” Dierks Bentley’s “Different For Girls,” and Blake Shelton’s “Sangria”), the new single grabs the attention almost instantly and makes listeners feel alive with an up-tempo, energetic arrangement.
Manny commented about the track, saying “’Train’ was the perfect song to put out once I announced that 2021 is the birth year of “Country Punk.” Not every song I put out will have a super present punk influence, but ‘Train’ does. It is Country Punk and it’s exactly how I wanted to start off the very busy year of releases we have planned!”
With momentum building, “Train” marks Manny’s first single of 2021 and offers a hint of what is to come from Manny’s upcoming EP, to be released later this year. More details surrounding the EP release are forthcoming. A lyric video for “Train” is also set for release in the coming days.
This year, the former hockey player, MMA fighter, and native Canadian launched his live performance series Live & Turned Up on his Official YouTube page HERE. Known for his dynamic live performances, Manny and his band wanted to recreate the energy of a live show in each Live & Turned Up release, saying, “I wanted to lean into alternative content, and I thought playing our live versions of songs and recording them was a fun way to do that…we wanted to showcase how exciting our live show is.” In the series, Manny exemplified what ‘country punk’ truly is, which he explains to be “country music to the core, with a punk attitude.”
To date, Manny and his band have released four individual song performances, including their version of The Pretty Reckless’s “Death By Rock and Roll,” “BLOW,” originally performed by Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars and Chris Stapleton, and Manny Blu originals, “’95” and “Old Money” from Blu’s 2020 sophomore EP. All performances were filmed in East Nashville’s H.O.M.E. – a non-profit community for music creators. The Live & Turned Up series will have releases through April 9, with additional installments throughout the year. Follow along here: https://www.youtube.com/
Manny continues to develop and mold his unique vibe to country music–a sound he introduced with his debut EP Leave It Like It Is (2019), followed by his 2020 release, New Ink. Despite the difficulties that all artists had to face in the past year, 2020 was a landmark year for Manny Blu as he continued to make himself seen in the country music community. The promising artist expanded his team to an international level through added representation in the US and the UK, successfully releasing his EP New Ink filled with major songwriters like Josh Osborne, Ross Copperman, and Rhett Akins, and finding success with his debut release from that project “Born to Ride,” reaching over 360K views on YouTube and surpassing over 1M streams worldwide.
Fans can stay up to date on news and announcements from Manny Blu by checking out his website or following along on Instagram and Facebook.