Zach Bryan Zach Bryan (CD)

(Warner Records) 16 tracks - Explicit ContentEqually with his 2022 Warner released debut album Zach Bryan could score a nomination at this year's Grammy Awards. So the expectations regarding his new album were high - and the singer-songwriter and producer not only fulfills them, he even exceeds them.

The new work is called like the artist himself, "Zach Bryan". And that makes sense, because the US musician wrote and produced all the songs on his own. Over the course of 16 tracks, the 27-year-old from Oklahoma explores his diverse musical and literary influences. Sometimes intimate and unfiltered, sometimes big and expansive, and always straight from the heart. Diverse contributors further enhance the album's quality, including alt-folk legends The Lumineers.

The year 2022 was already not poor in highlights for Zach, whose album "American Heartbreak" became a sensational success with the critics, received numerous awards and appeared on various best-of-2022 lists. On Spotify's annual 2022 chart, the album ranked No. 1 among country albums. Platinum-certified in the U.S., it stayed in the Top 10 for more than a year after its initial release and collected a total of 16 RIAA certifications for tracks. Now, with his new album, Bryan continues on the path he set out on. His promise: To make music that is distinctively American and fundamentally honest, free of trends or categories.