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EMERGING COUNTRY DUO THE BAND LOULA DEBUTS NEW SONG “I LOVE LEAVERS”
August 1, 2025—Emerging country duo The Band Loula releases their new song, “I Love Leavers,” today. Listen/share HERE. The track is the latest to be unveiled from their anticipated debut EP, Sweet Southern Summer, out August 22 via Warner Music Nashville (pre-save/pre-order here).
SWEET SOUTHERN SUMMER TRACK LIST FOLLOW THE BAND LOULA
ANTICIPATED DEBUT EP SWEET SOUTHERN SUMMER OUT AUGUST 22
SUMMER TOUR WITH DIERKS BENTLEY
AND ZACH TOP UNDERWAY, FALL DATES CONFIRMED WITH LUKAS NELSON
Reflecting on the song, the duo—Logan Simmons and Malachi Mills, share, “‘I Love Leavers’ is about every no-good fool we should’ve left but didn’t. We wrote it with Marcus Hummon, legend and writer of ‘Bless the Broken Road.’ This tune took a road that wasn’t so blessed…but instead, tells the hard truth. It’s one’s for the backsliders, the liars, the cheaters, and the heartbreaks you keep crawling back to, even when you know better.”
Produced by John Osborne (Brothers Osborne) with additional production from Greg Bieck (Little Big Town, etc), the EP signals a breakout year for The Band Loula, spotlighting the duo’s powerful storytelling and unique swampgrass sound. The project consists of six tracks including previously released songs “Sweet Southern Summer,” “Can’t Please ‘Em All” and “Running Off The Angels,” which Billboard calls “An immensely promising release,” while All Country News declares, “a haunting, culturally charged ballad that cements their place as one of the genre’s most compelling new acts” and Music Row proclaims, “Bluesy, swampy and cool, this conjures a spell with its mysterious, haunting, Biblical images of damnation and redemption…Highly engaging.”
North Georgia natives and longtime friends, The Band Loula continues to garner widespread attention across the industry with their undeniable chemistry and near-blood harmonies, and recently made their Grand Ole Opry debut, for which they received a standing ovation.
Powerful live performers, The Band Loula is currently on the road with Dierks Bentley and Zach Top as part of Bentley’s extensive Broken Branches Tour and will join Lukas Nelson’s American Romance tour in the fall. The duo will perform at Watershed Festival at The Gorge Amphitheatre this weekend after spending the past few years touring alongside artists such as Brothers Osborne, Ashley McBryde, Paul Cauthen, Elle King and Brent Cobb.
For more information, please contact Asha Goodman or
Catherine Snead 615.320.7753, Carla Sacks 212.741.1000 at Sacks & Co.
1. Running Off the Angels
2. Sweet Southern Summer
3. Can’t Please ‘Em All
4. Karma’s the Devil
5. I Love Leavers
6. Nobody Knows
THE BAND LOULA CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
August 1 /// Nampa, ID /// Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater*
August 3 /// Quincy, WA /// Watershed Festival
August 7 /// Camden, NJ /// Freedom Mortgage Pavilion*
August 8 /// Raleigh, NC /// Coastal Credit Union Music Park*
August 9 /// Charlotte, NC /// PNC Music Pavilion*
August 14 /// Darien Center, NY /// Darien Lake Amphitheater*
August 15 /// Holmdel, NJ /// PNC Bank Arts Center*
August 16 /// Bethel, NY /// Bethel Woods Center for the Arts*
August 21 /// Savannah, GA /// Enmarket Arena*
August 22 /// Birmingham, AL /// Coca Cola Amphitheater*
August 23 /// Biloxi, MS /// Mississippi Coast Coliseum*
August 24 /// Gainesville, GA /// Smithgall Arts Center
August 28 /// New York, NY /// Madison Square Garden*
August 29 /// Burgettstown, PA /// The Pavilion at Star Lake*
August 30 /// Clarkston, MI /// Pine Knob Music Theater*
September 12 /// Nashville, TN /// AmericanaFest
October 8 /// Nashville, TN /// The Pinnacle†
October 9 /// Atlanta, GA /// Buckhead Theatre†
October 12 /// Wilmington, NC /// Live Oak Bank Pavilion†
October 14 /// Washington, D.C. /// Lincoln Theater†
October 15 /// Philadelphia, PA /// Brooklyn Bowl†
October 21 /// Cleveland, OH /// Globe Iron†
October 22 /// Detroit, MI /// Majestic Theatre†
October 24 /// Milwaukee, WI /// The Rave†
October 25 /// Madison, WI /// The Sylvee†
October 26 /// Chicago, IL /// The Vic†
October 28 /// Saint Paul, MN /// Palace Theater†
October 29 /// Omaha, NE /// The Admiral†
October 31 /// Denver, CO /// Paramount Theatre†
*supporting Dierks Bentley and Zach Top
†supporting Lukas Nelson
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