Texas songwriter and Americana singer-songwriter Bryan Jack, a fourth-generation Austin native, has announced that his debut album The Marfa Drive will be released on March 12, 2026, coinciding with a live album release showcase at the legendary Cactus Cafe in Austin, Texas.

Tẹsiwaju bi awọn akọkọ akọkọ akọkọ akọkọ, The Marfa Drive features 11 tracks written to be heard in sequence. Inspired by road trips, wide-open landscapes, and the decision to hit the eject button on the accumulated burdens of life, the record uses the Texas desert as both setting and metaphor.

“The Marfa Drive” refers to the road that carries listeners toward that desert — a place of reckoning, clarity, and renewal. Songs unfold like mile markers, tracing stories shaped by fatherhood, faith, family, and revelry, grounded firmly in lived experience rather than abstraction.

Gba awọn ọrọ ati awọn ẹya ara ẹrọ ti a ti wa ni ko tẹsiwaju, ni kikun ẹya ara ẹrọ, The Marfa Drive was also produced entirely by Bryan Jack, reinforcing the album’s cohesive vision and song-first approach. The record leans primarily on acoustic arrangements, allowing lyric and melody to remain at the center of the listening experience.

Tọkasi awọn ẹya ara ẹrọ pẹlu “Big in the Bend,” a iroyin ti ibi ibi ibi ni Terlingua; “Lightning Lane,” a ifowosowopo nipa awọn iroyin, awọn ọmọde, ati ki o gbọdọ owo ni akoko; ati "You’re Allowed," a song ti o tẹsiwaju lori iṣeduro, tẹsiwaju, ati ara-tẹsiwaju.

“You’re Allowed” jẹ a semifinalist ni awọn International Songwriting Competition (ISC), ọkan ninu awọn agbaye ti o tobi songwriting aṣayan, ati kanna a akọkọ-ọna igbẹkẹle ọna ti o gbọdọ wa pẹlu awọn ọna bi Nebraska tabi “Angel from Montgomery,” nibẹ awọn narrator ṣiṣe bi oju-iwe fun iṣelọpọ ọlọjẹ eniyan ati ki o si autobiography nikan.

Other songs throughout the album draw on recurring lyrical motifs of redemption, ritual, endurance, and joy, including lines such as “turn this dirty water into wine,” balancing spiritual imagery with everyday humanity. Even at its most reflective, The Marfa Drive ṣee ṣe ibi fun ooru, iyanu, ati awọn iru awọn aṣa ti awọn eniyan lati fi eniyan.

Jack ká iwe-aṣẹ ati igbese ti o ti ṣe awọn ibaraẹnisọrọ lati awọn iwe-aṣẹ si awọn Texas songwriters gẹgẹbi Guy Clark, Mickey Newbury, ati Ray Wylie Hubbard, eyi ti o tẹsiwaju a ibaraẹnisọrọ ti o wa ni iwaju ninu awọn ibaraẹnisọrọ ati awọn gbajumo.

Awọn imudojuiwọn akọkọ si awọn songwriting ti a ti tẹsiwaju awọn aṣeyọri ti awọn ọrọ ati awọn ipo ti ibi:

“Jack nṣiṣe pẹlu awọn iroyin ti o ba wa nikan lati gbajumo. Awọn ọrọ ti awọn ọrọ ti o ba wa ni irọrun, ti o wa ni aṣa, ati ki o ko ti wa ni ifọwọkan – ti o ba ti wa ni aṣiṣe ni aṣiṣe ki o si aṣiṣe.” — SubmitHub Americana / Folk Curator

Ati ọkan awọn songwriters ti a fi awọn ọna ti o jẹ bi "if Ryan Bingham ati Bruce Springsteen ti o ni ọkunrin," ti o tẹsiwaju si awọn album ti awọn iru Americana grit ati awọn songwriting-drive.

“Awọn awọn ọrọ wọnyi ko tẹsiwaju awọn akoko – wọn ṣe wọn. Nibẹ ni ipinnu ati iyanu ninu awọn iwe-aṣẹ ti o fẹ ki o jẹ tẹsiwaju Texas.” — SubmitHub Americana / Folk Curator

The album fihan awọn iṣeduro lati kan tobi-knit ẹgbẹ ti awọn Texas musicists, pẹlu Noah Jeffries (pfseg multi-instrumentalist pẹlu Hayes Carll), Brian Beken (pfseg multi-instrumentalist pẹlu Robert Earl Keen), Will Dupuy (South Austin Jug Band) lori ẹnu bas, ati awọn buburu nipasẹ Patrick Herzfeld Ti o ba tẹsiwaju si awọn akọkọ akọkọ akọkọ.‍

The Marfa Drive a ti a fi sori ẹrọ ni Austin ati Driftwood, Texas ni ọdun ti o tobi, ṣatunkọ si awọn album ti o dara julọ ti ibi ati agbegbe.

Ti o ba tẹsiwaju a gbigbe ti o dara julọ ti awọn singles ti o ti gbigbe gẹgẹbi 100,000 stream, eyi ti o ṣe nipasẹ iwadi organic ati iṣeduro iṣeduro. Gẹgẹbi awọn data Spotify fun Artists, awọn awujọ ti Jack ti wa ni idagbasoke ni gbogbo awọn United States, Australia, ati UK - iṣeduro pataki fun ọkunrin ti ko ni etiquette iṣeduro.

Among those singles, “Lightning Lane to Heaven” was named a Publisher’s Pick at the Austin Songwriters Group International Symposium (2024) and has emerged as a long-tail favorite, while “Saturday’s Best” continues to gain traction for its observational storytelling and classic Americana sensibility.

Jack ni a University of Texas alumnus, a ọkunrin ninu ọpọlọpọ, ati a gbajumo ninu awọn iconic Austin igbesẹ pẹlu awọn Saxon Pub. Awọn March 12 igbesẹ ni awọn Cactus Cafe yoo ṣee lo bi awọn album gbigbe igbesẹ ati showcase igbesẹ, ti o tẹsiwaju awọn igbesẹ ti The Marfa Drive project ni ọkan ninu ọkan ninu awọn tẹsiwaju tẹsiwaju ibaraẹnisọrọ ti Texas.

The announcement is accompanied by original release artwork curated by Jack, reflecting the album’s desert imagery and ethos.

Reflecting lori awọn album, Jack gbọdọ:

“The desert is a cleansing place. The Marfa Drive ti o jẹ nipa lati lọ si ohun ti o tọ – awọn eniyan ti o fẹ, awọn iyanu ti o ba wa, ati awọn iroyin ti o ba wa pẹlu rẹ."

The Marfa Drive ti yoo wa lori gbogbo awọn oniwe-ipamọ iroyin lati bẹrẹ on March 12, 2026, pẹlu awọn afikun music igbasilẹ ati awọn aṣayan iroyin ti a ṣaaju gbogbo odun.

Release Details

• Ati: Bryan Jack
• Album: The Marfa Drive
• Tọkasi Ọjọ: March 12, 2026
• Tracks: 11
• Genre: Americana / Texas Songwriter
• Tọkasi Ni: Austin & Driftwood, TX‍

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