{"id":31736,"date":"2025-03-26T05:45:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T09:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/?p=31736"},"modified":"2025-03-26T10:04:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T14:04:23","slug":"eric-church-announces-new-album-in-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2025\/03\/eric-church-announces-new-album-in-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Church Says New Album Is Coming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eric Church just announced the release date and details of his highly anticipated new album, Evangeline Vs. the Machine, which will be out May 2.<\/p>\n<p>The eight-song collection is produced by Jay Joyce, and marks the country star\u2019s first record since 2021\u2019s Heart &amp; Soul triple project.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAn album is a snapshot in time that lasts for all time. I believe in that time-tested tradition of making records that live and breathe as one piece of art \u2014 I think it\u2019s important. I\u2019ve always let creativity be the muse.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The album includes the just-released single, &#8220;Hands of Time,&#8221; and &#8220;Darkest Hour,&#8221; which Church released last year to raise funds for Hurricane Helene relief efforts in North Carolina, with all his royalties from the track being donated to the cause.<\/p>\n<p>The album closes with Church&#8217;s cover of Tom Waits\u2019 \u201cClap Hands,\u201d showcasing the country singer\u2019s diverse musical influences and openness to experimentation.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"insta-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DHaDRYUOpSW\/embed\/captioned\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display:inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height:0;\"  class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span><\/iframe>\n<p>Eric also shared a clip where he talks about his new song &#8220;Hands of Time&#8221;, and how old music has a way of making you feel young again.<\/p>\n<p>[tiktok url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@ericchurch\/video\/7483978865178725663&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eric Church Announces New Album, \u2018Evangeline Vs. The Machine,\u2019 Shares New Single, \u201cHands Of Time\u201d","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":31763,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[3337],"tags":[9511,3612,9512,9513,9514],"class_list":["post-31736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-country-music-news","tag-darkest-hour","tag-eric-church","tag-evangeline-vs-the-machine","tag-hands-of-time","tag-jay-joyce"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-13 12:12:18","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/chok.com\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2025\/03\/eric-church-announces-new-album-in-coming\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31736"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31759,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31736\/revisions\/31759"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chokfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}