JON PARDI’S HEARTACHE MEDICATION ALBUM FEATURED ON NPR’S FIRST LISTEN

Named One of Billboard’s Most Anticipated Albums – Heartache Medication Out Sept. 27

“an emboldened work… a distilling of his sound into a more potent form that draws both vitality and assurance from his anything-but-sterile relationship to his tradition’s modern era.” -NPR

Beginning today, CMA/ACM Award-winning artist Jon Pardi’s upcoming album Heartache Medication is featured on NPR’s First Listen. Fans can preview the highly-anticipated 14-song collection ahead of its official Sept. 27 release HERE.

“Heartache Medication is an emboldened work, a distilling of his sound into a more potent form — one that draws both vitality and assurance from his anything-but-sterile relationship to his tradition’s modern era.” -NPR

Named one of Billboard’s Most Anticipated Albums of Fall, Heartache Medication is the follow-up to the California native’s breakthrough, Platinum-selling album, California Sunrise which debuted No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. As noted in The New York Times’ recent fall music preview, Pardi “split the difference between Alan Jackson and Bob Seger” withCalifornia Sunrise and “Heartache Medication continues that direction with honky-tonkin’, boot-stompin’ tracks about whiskey, women and song.

With title track “Heartache Medication,” written by Pardi, Barry Dean and Natalie Hemby, the “California native continues his deft balance of classic and contemporary country sounds” (Rolling Stone). The Top 25-and-climbing lead single amplified fan excitement for the new project and it quickly garnered attention from Associated Press, People, and Rolling Stone’s Songs You Need to Know.

Now a third time producer, Pardi wrote seven of the 14 tracks and co-produced the album alongside longtime collaborators Bart Butler and Ryan Gore. “I’m really proud of this record,” says Pardi. “I’m really proud of all the session players, and the songwriters that delivered great songs. I wrote half the record and Nashville stepped in and wrote the other half, and I’m very proud of that.”

Noted for “attracting youthful crowds” (NPR), Pardi knows he can share what he loves about old school country with a contemporary shine by making the tracks feel current, the emotions feel real and the vocals feel true to the heart. “I just like the fiddle and the steel and guitars all working together. This is not like a throwback, just a different era of traditional.”

Heartache Medication Track Listing:

1. “Old Hat” (Jeff Hyde, Matt Jenkins and Ryan Tyndell)
   2. “Heartache Medication” (Jon Pardi, Barry Dean and Natalie Hemby)
   3. “Nobody Leaves A Girl Like That” (Bart Butler, Marv Green and Jimmy Yeary)
   4. “Ain’t Always The Cowboy” (Brandon Kinney and Josh Thompson)
   5. “Me And Jack” (Jon Pardi, Rhett Akins, Bart Butler and Luke Laird)
   6. “Don’t Blame It On Whiskey (Featuring Lauren Alaina)” (Eric Church, Michael Heeney, Luke Laird and Miranda Lambert)
   7. “Tied One On” (Bart Butler, Chase McGill and Jamie Paulin)
   8. “Oughta Know That” (Jon Pardi, Bart Butler and Luke Laird)
   9. “Tequila Little Time” (Jon Pardi, Rhett Akins and Luke Laird)
   10. “Buy That Man A Beer” (Clint Daniels, Justin Lantz and John Pierce)
   11. “Call Me Country” (Jon Pardi, Bart Butler and Driver Williams)
   12. “Just Like Old Times” (Jon Pardi, Jeff Hyde and Michael Heeney)
   13. “Love Her Like She’s Leaving” (Bart Butler, Dean Dillon and Jessie Jo Dillon)
   14. “Starlight” (Jon Pardi, Bart Butler and Jeffrey Steele)

Following his album release show at New York City’s Hammerstein Ballroom on Sept. 27, Pardi’s headlining Heartache Medication Tour officially kicks off with two career-first, sold out shows at the historic Ryman Auditorium on Oct. 1 and Oct. 2. Upcoming stops along the tour include Minneapolis, MN (10/4), Milwaukee, WI (10/5) and Oklahoma City, OK (10/10. For tickets and a full list of tour dates, visit http://www.jonpardi.com.