Little Big Town release first single, "Day Drinking" from upcoming new album, "Pain Killer"*

UGH! Right up there with the godawful "Pontoon". I thought they were better than that, but I guess if it gets them hit$...

http://news.iheart.com/articles/music-on-demand-482562/world-premiere-little-big-town-day-12417462/

 

They ARE better than that. By a LOT. Which makes this sad.

 

Looking forward to the new album. I really liked 'Tornado'.

 

Begrudgingly I admit the song is darn catchy. And this performance on the CMT Awards looks like lots of fun!

http://www.cmt.com/videos/misc/1051094/day-drinking-from-2014-cmt-music-awards.jhtml

 

Im not thrilled with the song but liked their last record except Pontoon,

 

Little Big Town's 'Drinking' Song Is the 'Tip of the Iceberg' for New Album

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-615/6114073/little-big-town-day-drinking-new-album

 

Some updated information, including album title ("Pain Killer"), release date (October 21, 2014), and tracklisting!

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/n...in-killer-fills-october-prescription-20140714

 

I like this song and "Pontoon." Call it pop-country, call it straight-up pop, whatever. They make some of the most well-crafted and catchy records in any genre at the moment.

 

Anyone got the Painkiller CD yet? Mine is ordered but won't be here for another couple of weeks yet. Any thoughts/opinions on the new album?

 

This was available to stream on iTunes here last week and it sounded very good. Some of the tunes "rock" a bit more than in the past. Their harmonies are excellent, as always. "Day Drinking", as much as I want to hate it, is catchy as hell! I'm holding off for the vinyl, which is scheduled for some time in December.

 

Allmusic Guide has given Pain Killer a whopping 4 1/2 stars. Almost perfect?

 

Here's the AllMusic review (by Stephen Thomas Erlewine):

Little Big Town have long been compared to Fleetwood Mac, usually due to their lush harmonies and taste for sun-kissed melodic pop. If that analogy holds water -- and it does -- then Pain Killer is Little Big Town's Tusk, the record where the group bends, twists, and reshapes expectations of what the band can do. Coming after the sweet, shiny Tornado, the restless over-saturation in Killer is something of a shock. As pure description, the elements sound strictly mainstream: there are gnarled, distorted guitars, flirtations with electronics, thick walloping rhythms, everything that would seemingly amount to a full-fledged arena-country crossover. Instead of following a predictable pattern, the quartet embarks on a series of detours, seizing each individual track as an opportunity to veer a little further off course. While there's none of the frenzied madness that pulsates underneath Tusk, Little Big Town do slide into a bit of minor-key madness on "Faster Gun" and have to hold their tongue on "Quit Breaking Up with Me"; otherwise they'd spit out profanity. That mischievousness is intertwined with aural adventure on Pain Killer: there's a sense that the group members are goading each other on, daring their bandmates to dabble in a bit of reggae ("Pain Killer"), to add a whistle to a chorus ("Day Drinking"), to write a swaying slow dance about a "Girl Crush," or to turn a bit of back-porch picking into a funky stomp ("Stay All Night"). Even though this record settles into a finale of three successive folk-rock tunes -- all three softly gorgeous -- it's the previous series of left-hand tours that gives Pain Killer its kick: this is the rarest thing in contemporary country, a record with an expansive world-view delivered with a kinetic kick and infallible melodies, a record that gives no indication of where it's going upon first listen but remains compelling upon further spins, after all the dazzle dissipates and Little Big Town's craft shines through.

 

Four-star review in Billboard.com:

http://www.billboard.com/little-big-town-pain-killer-album-review

 

day drinking and some afternoon delight works just fine for me

 

Very nice article in Rolling Stone:

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/f...ance-to-new-album-pain-killer-20141021?page=4

 

Downloaded this today, and, after one listen, it's pretty amazing.

 

This is a super-solid album with zero filler. Early highlights are the Karen Fairchild-sung "Quit Breaking Up With Me," which brings the twang, and "Live Forever" and "Silver and Gold," which, like "Leaving In Your Eyes" from the last record, show off their amazing group vocal blend.

 

"Girl Crush" is also a great one -- interesting twist in that one!

 

Saw LBT doing the new song "Day Drinking" on TV yesterday. It's decent. Catchy enough, not a bad song. I absolutely loathed "Pontoon", and while this sounds like another attempt at a similar style single, its better, imo.

 

Sang the anthem at the ball game tonight.

jerol

 

Give the rest of the album a chance. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.

 

I was at Wal-Mart last night, and they had a box of the four LBT albums before Pain Killer, in jewel boxes, for $19.99. Sad to see the music biz reduced to fire sales like that, but that's a pretty good bargain.

 

Happy to see LBT get some Grammy love last night. Their performance of "Girl Crush" was terrific!