Zero Mile & Peachtree Ent. Present
FLATLAND CAVALRY
WED, 7 FEB 2024 at 08:00PM EST
Ages: 16 & Over
Doors Open: 07:00PM
OnSale: Fri, 29 Sep 2023 at 10:00AM EDT
Announcement: Mon, 25 Sep 2023 at 05:00PM EDT
Flatland Cavalry is breaking out into a gallop. After years of hot trotting across their native
Texas, the country outfit is primed for a breakout with the release of their third full-length album,
the sonically sprawling and wistfully written Welcome to Countryland.
The Texas sextet–bandleader and chief lyricist Cleto Cordero, guitarist Reid Dillon, bassist
Jonathan Saenz, drummer Jason Albers, fiddle player Wesley Hall, and recent newcomer utility
instrumentalist Adam Gallegos–continue to embrace their trademark sound while further
pushing into the wild unknown. When it was time to embark on recording a new album, resting
on their laurels was simply out of the realm of possibilities.
After the release of 2019’s critically-acclaimed Homeland Insecurity and their 2016 full-length
debut Humble Folks, they’ve been on a healthy trajectory rising through the country ranks. After
years of working with Lubbock stalwart Scott Faris in the friendly confines of Amusement Park
Studios, Flatland decided a change of scenery was necessary. Despite some hesitation and a
mix of emotions, they instantly knew recording at Nashville’s Sound Emporium Studio A with
rising producer Jake Gear was the right move.
“With our last two projects, we knew that room and setup. There’s comfort in working with
Scott,” says Albers. “I think it was important to try and further expand with this album. Sonically,
this album is definitely something bigger.”
“I think everyone kind of experienced this bit of nervousness going from Scott’s studio to Sound
Emporium,” adds Dillon. “That first day, everyone was a little fidgety and shy. You eventually fall
into this comfort zone.”
While the roster of collaborative confidants and colleagues (Spencer Cullum, Jim Hoke, Billy
Justineau, Hailey Whitters, and Kaitlin Butts) has continued to expand with Flatland’s sound
stride for stride, Countryland isn’t a cut and paste effort with Nashville studio musicians. Rather,
it finds the rootsy Texans delivering their A-game due to countless tour runs zig-zagging across
the country and becoming seasoned performers and musicians.
Since their humble beginnings out in the Panhandle town of Lubbock, Texas, Flatland Cavalry
has embraced their surroundings and rural West Texas roots. Formed in 2014 while attending
Texas Tech University, Cordero and company made their presence felt within the Hub City’s
songwriting circles and dancehall circuits. Banking on Cordero’s earnest pen and the band’s
blend of country instrumentation, toe-tapping grooves, and earworm choruses, Flatland quickly
became a regional sensation.