RUSTON KELLY’S

HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NEW ALBUM

 ‘THE WEAKNESS’ OUT TODAY ON ROUNDER RECORDS 

NEW SINGLE “BREAKDOWN” OUT NOW

WATCH PERFORMANCE OF TITLE TRACK ON 

‘LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS’ HERE

Early Praise for The Weakness

“The album’s dozen songs, propelled by his Americana and pop-punk tastes, thread the tension between downbeat and shimmery” – New York Times 

“The Weakness, Kelly’s third full-length album, is an emotionally daring statement from the 34-year-old singer-songwriter” – Rolling Stone

“Ruston Kelly created an album that turns his own experiences and the layers of his own existence into a universal message laced with hope.” – No Depression

“The resulting album is expansive and his most intricate, with arrangements veering more closely to indie and arena rock than his earlier Americana-adjacent work.” – Nashville Scene

“clever sonic flourishes and just the right amount of rock bite” – The Tennessean

Ruston Kelly’s highly anticipated third album, The Weakness, is out today on Rounder Records. The blisteringly honest and profoundly hopeful collection of songs reveals Kelly’s vast ability to create strength and beauty from the most painful of experiences. He also shares the brilliant new single “Breakdown,” and is set to embark on his national The Weakness Tour. See tour dates below and hear The Weakness and “Breakdown,” available here.

The Weakness’ twelve tracks delve into Kelly’s experience tackling loss and personal growth, and emerged as he began to process the number of life-altering changes he experienced the previous year. Working with producer / songwriter / multi-instrumentalist Nate Mercereau (Sharon Van Etten, Leon Bridges, Maggie Rogers), The Weakness is a bold departure from the elegant simplicity of his first two albums. The resulting body of work matches its kaleidoscopic sound with some of Kelly’s most illuminating material to date. “The album’s dozen songs, propelled by his Americana and pop-punk tastes, thread the tension between downbeat and shimmery,” writesThe New York Times.

“With every record I make, I learn so much about myself and who I am as a human and what type of man I want to be,” says Kelly. “In a way it’s a form of self-help, or like I’m building a fort against a lesser version of myself. Then the goal from there is to just keep on growing.” Watch Kelly perform the album’s title track on Late Night With Seth Meyers: https://youtu.be/scsAxZEhH5A.

“Breakdown,” his latest single, is an incandescent piece of alt-pop graced with crystalline beats and Kelly’s achingly delicate vocal work. “I wrote that at a time when there was a lot going on with my family and I was trying to be there for them, but I felt stretched so thin,” he says. “The song came from me admitting I’m not superhuman, and somehow just saying that out loud made me feel more capable of handling the pressure.”

Kelly kicks off The Weakness Tour on April 12th at Louisville’s Mercury Ballroom and will find him playing NYC’s Webster Hall (April 21st), Chicago’s House of Blues (April 29th), Los Angeles’s The Fonda Theater (May 14th), and will end with a special hometown show at Nashville’s Ascend Amphitheater (June 2nd) with Jenny Lewis opening. Information about tickets and VIP packages, which include an intimate soundcheck performance and Q&A, can be found athttps://www.rustonkelly.com.

‘THE WEAKNESS’ TRACKLISTING

1. The Weakness
2. Hellfire
3. St. Jupiter
4. Let Only Love Remain
5. Michael Keaton
6. Mending Song
7. Dive
8. Breakdown
9. Holy Shit
10. Better Now
11. Wicked Hands
12. Cold Black Mile

‘THE WEAKNESS TOUR’ DATES

April 12th – Louisville, KY – Mercury Ballroom ~

April 13th – Birmingham, AL – Iron City ~

April 15th – Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theater ~

April 16th – Charlotte, NC – Underground ~

April 17th – Washington, DC – 930 Club *

April 19th – Richmond, VA – The Broadberry *

April 20th – Asbury Park, NJ – Stone Pony *

April 21st – New York, NY – Webster Hall *

April 22nd – Philadelphia, PA – TLA *

April 25th – Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom

April 27th – Pittsburgh, PA – Thunderbird #

April 28th – Grand Rapids, MI – The Stache #

April 29th – Chicago, IL – House of Blues #

April 30th – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue #

May 2nd – Englewood, CO – Gothic Theatre #

May 3rd – Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot #

May 5th – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory ^

May 6th – Seattle, WA – Showbox ^

May 7th – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall ^

May 9th – Eugene, OR – WOW Hall ^

May 11th – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore ^

May 12th – Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up ^

May 13th – Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda Theater ^

May 14th – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom ^

May 16th – Santa Fe, NM – Meow Wolf ^

May 18th – Dallas, TX – The Echo Lounge and Music Hall #

May 19th – Houston, TX – House of Blues #

May 20th – Austin, TX – Stubb’s #

May 22nd – Kansas City, MO – Knuckleheads #

June 2nd – Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater $

Support:

~ Annie DiRusso

* Purr

# Briscoe

^ Richy Mitch and the Coal Miners

$ Jenny Lewis

RUSTON KELLY ON TOUR WITH NOAH KAHAN

June 17^th – Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park, Atlanta, GA – SOLD OUT

June 18^th – Firefly Distillery, Charleston, SC – SOLD OUT

Aug 31^st – Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY – SOLD OUT

Sept. 1st – St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview, Syracuse, NY

Sept. 2nd – Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY

Sept. 5th –  Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater, Bridgeport, CT – SOLD OUT

Sept. 6th – Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion, Gilford, NH – SOLD OUT

Sept. 7th – Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion, Gilford, NH – SOLD OUT

Sept. 9th – Xfinity Center, Mansfield, MA – SOLD OUT

Sept. 12^th – KEMBA Live!, Columbus, OH – SOLD OUT

Sept. 13^th – St. Louis Music Park – Maryland Heights, MO – SOLD OUT

Sept 15^th – TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park, Indianapolis, IN – SOLD OUT

Sept 16^th – Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill, Sterling Heights, MI – SOLD OUT

Sept. 17^th – Budweiser Stage, Toronto, ON – SOLD OUT