Coyle Girelli Announces New Album "Out of This Town"

Jun 15

Jun 15 Coyle Girelli Announces New Album "Out of This Town"

Eleven years ago, recording artist and platinum-selling songwriter, composer, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist Coyle Girelli collaborated with Grammy-winning songwriter, artist, and actor Mac Davis on a potential duets album. Davis died in 2020, and the album stayed unfinished until now.

Now, Sun Records will release this bittersweet album, “Out of This Town”, on 29th August. An unlikely partnership, a multi-generational collaboration, and a bag of lost, unfinished songs bring this one-of-a-kind album to life. The 12-track collection’s first single, Pretty, is out now, and the preorder is also live now. “Out of This Town” will be available on vinyl, CD, and via all streaming services.

You can stream the single Pretty through the link HERE.

“Out of This Town” was produced by Girelli, and keeps to the original duets’ intent with standout pairings, featuring KT Tunstall, Jaime Wyatt, and Cassandra Lewis. “Out of This Town” offers an intimate look at Girelli’s artistry while honouring Davis’ legacy, and it couldn’t come out on a more fitting label than the iconic Sun Records, once home to Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, and more.

“Beyond the music was the human connection,” the British-born, New York-based artist said. “I knew Mac as a music legend, but what I found working closely with him at his home was one of the most kind, creative, and generous souls I’ve ever met. Collaborating with him was beautiful and real.”

While “Out of This Town” features several songs from Davis’ personal backlog, more than half of the songs were co-written by Davis and Girelli. The album’s stark and captivating sound spotlights Girelli’s soulful vocals, which share tales of shattered hearts, lost souls, and eternally restless dreamers. Notably, the album also features two versions of the song I Wanna Make Love — one of which was produced from a phone recording Davis made and sent to Girelli and is one of the last original recordings by the legendary artist.

On paper, Girelli and Davis could not be more different. Girelli is an English indie-rock musician best known as the frontman for the bands Your Vegas and The Chevin. In addition, Girelli has composed for BTS, Robin Schultz, Westlife, and co-written the record-breaking French musicals, Robin des Bois and Les Trois Mousquetaires. Davis is a Lubbock, Texas-born musician best known for penning Elvis Presley hits such as In the Ghetto and A Little Less Conversation. Davis also had a successful solo career with songs like Baby, Don’t Get Hooked on Me, and he hosted The Mac Davis Show, acted in films, and was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.

The pair started working with a bag full of Davis’ handwritten lyrics on yellow legal pads. The musicians sat together with their guitars, and the songs flowed. Davis even equated Girelli’s powerful voice to Roy Orbison, and declared him the only one fit to sing these songs the way they should be sung.

The album represents a meeting of two artists from different generations who became deeply connected by their outstanding songwriting gifts and love of a voice that penetrates the heart and soul. The unique combination of original tracks co-written by Girelli and Davis and never-recorded work from Davis’ bag of songs envelopes the listener in a deeply moving and timeless journey.

On the lead single, Pretty, Girelli presents a hypnotic outpouring of unrequited longing, achieving a cinematic grandeur solely through his pained yet soaring vocals and elegantly layered guitar work.

Throughout his kaleidoscopic career, Girelli has emerged as a singular voice in modern music, blending cinematic scope with raw emotional intensity across genres. Whether crafting soaring rock anthems, haunting ballads, or theatrical works, his music channels timeless storytelling through a lens that’s as expansive as it is intimate. Since the arrival of his 2018 solo debut, “Love Kills”, he has channelled his multifaceted sensibilities into a series of acclaimed albums and captivating musical-theatre projects, including the recently staged off-Broadway immersive-theatre production, True Love Forever, which was based on Love Kills.