The Outhouse Poets’ brand-new single drops today on every streaming platform. “Neon & Sawdust” is a three-minute honky-tonk stomper about the things you remember and the things you leave on the barroom floor.
Recorded live-to-tape at Blackbird Studio in Nashville over a single afternoon session, the track captures the band in their rawest form — upright bass driving the groove, a twangy Telecaster riff that doesn’t quit, and Jake Wilder’s voice sitting right on the edge between singing and hollering. Producer Cody Jinks kept the takes minimal: what you hear is the third run-through, start to finish.
The Lyric Video
An accompanying lyric video premiered this morning on YouTube. Hand-lettered typography scrolls over grainy Super 8 footage shot at the Broken Spoke during last October’s residency — the same run of shows where the song was first played live. The video was cut by Austin filmmaker Rosa Canales, who’s worked with the band since the Back Porch Sessions era.
The single is available now on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and Bandcamp. Physical 7-inch vinyl pressings in a limited run of 500 will ship from the merch store next month — sawdust-colored wax with gold label art by letterpress artist Hank Delgado.
This one wrote itself on the back of a napkin at two in the morning. We just had to get out of its way.
Emmett Cole, guitar
Stream it, spin it, or crank it on the jukebox. “Neon & Sawdust” is the first taste of the new record — more to come before the summer tour rolls out.