Important News Update
Hey Home Fries,
We've got some news today. It's big, and frankly bittersweet. You might want to sit down.
We'll start with the sweet: our upcoming album, Crazy(er) Life, is available to Patrons for pre-save and pre-order, and will be released on March 29. It will be available for pre-save and pre-order on all streaming and music platforms tonight at midnight.
And now for the bitter: Crazy(er) Life will be the final album that features Austin Brown. After 12 years of time with Home Free, he will be departing to his next creative chapter towards the end of this year.
Austin will be performing with us through shows in the fall, and we'll be announcing his final show soon.
“After 12 years, I’m truly amazed looking back at what we’ve built together. These guys have become so much more than friends; we’re brothers, and we always will be. I’m grateful for their unwavering support throughout this journey and moving forward, and I will always be their biggest fan! Lord knows I wouldn’t be who I am without them and whoever is lucky enough to join this amazing group next is truly in for the ride of their life.” - Austin Brown
Crazy(er) Life and these shows will be a fitting book-end to Austin's time with Home Free. The first song Austin ever recorded was "Wake Me Up", and it was the last song he recorded with Darren as we finished this album.
Chance, Tim, Rob, and Adam will all continue on with Home Free. We are actively recruiting and will be welcoming a new member later this year, to help us carry on the all-vocal country torch together. You can expect to hear more from us soon.
“We’re going to miss our baby brother. The tour bus will be eerily quiet. But we’re eternally grateful for Austin’s immeasurable contributions to this band, and we also embrace each new beginning. We can’t wait to find out what the future holds for him and for Home Free.” - Tim Foust
This is the end of an amazing chapter with Austin. We can't wait to celebrate him with this new music, and during the the next months as we continue to perform together.
More Crazy(er) Life Tour dates will be coming soon, and will continue out from the dates we've already announced through this fall. We'll be adding another 25 or so shows to the schedule between now and October. These shows will be in the United States -- including Northeast, Midwest, Rocky Mountains, Southwest, Southern California, and Pacific Northwest. Unfortunately, there will be no shows outside of the United States this year.
In all, we will still be doing fewer shows this year than last year, as we are being respectful to our families and our loved ones to whom we've committed to spend more time with in 2024.
Suffice to say, if you see an upcoming show ANY TIME this year -- even if it is not in your immediate town -- we hope you'll come see us perform and give Austin the celebration and love he deserves on the Crazy(er) Life Tour.
We hope you'll stay in touch with us -- we'll be posting just about everywhere we can with updates, and using this blog for the long-winded information we need to get out that we can't fit properly into social media.
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