KALIE SHORR TURNS THE PAGE WITH OPEN BOOK: UNABRIDGED RELEASED TODAY
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (December 4, 2020) – Kalie Shorr follows up her critically acclaimed debut album Open Book with the deluxe edition, Open Book: Unabridged, released today on tmwrk records. This new chapter continues with her signature “emo-twang” (Rolling Stone) sound that perfectly blends her pop-punk and country influences along with her authentically irreverent point of view. Adding four new songs to her 2019 debut album, Shorr continues to remain true to her self-assured nature. Listen to the rebelliously-unique Open Book: Unabridged here.
Spotify made Shorr the cover of their popular Wild Country playlist in celebration of her new album this week, while Forbes recently featured an interview with her on the release.
“I remember the week before recording Open Book, sitting on my living room floor with my friend and co-writer Savannah Keyes, cutting out strips of paper with the song titles on them. We were rearranging, taking ones out, putting them back in, and narrowing it down was so hard. I ended up starting a new list of songs I would record on a deluxe version, if I ever got there. I’ve literally been dreaming of this since before I even recorded Open Book. I’m ecstatic to get to do this with tmwrk records and see where else this album can go with such an incredible team behind it,” says Shorr.
“My Voice,” the first single from Open Book: Unabridged, was a true diary entry cluing listeners into her honest opinions about the music industry. Billboard boldly stated, “Shorr has proved she doesn’t need radio, but if radio is smart, it will realize it needs her.” In fact, radio has realized it does need her. Since then, the nationally syndicated iHeart shows “Country Top 30 with Bobby Bones” and “Women of iHeartCountry” have given “My Voice” airplay.
Her follow up single, “Lying To Myself,” was chosen by Rolling Stone as a “Pick Of The Week” stating that “the DIY country performer elevates this confessional narrative about a doomed relationship with an emo-ish type of intensity that ramps up to a cathartic finish of ringing, bell-like guitars and cracking snare drum.”
Saving Country Music recently called Shorr “the embodiment of mainstream country’s guilty conscience coming to life, giving a voice to all of its sins.”
Of “My Voice,” Sounds Like Nashville said, “The tongue-in-cheek tune is equal parts pop-rock and country, and details Shorr’s unflagging decision to stay true to herself. In a business filled with critics and nay-sayers, she acknowledges it isn’t easy, but doesn’t waver in her stand.”
Taste of Country perfectly sums up “Lying To Myself” in that it “encapsulates the blend of singer-songwriter roots and punk aesthetic that has come to be a hallmark of Shorr’s sound.”
Recently Variety called Shorr “the most attention-getting DIY artist in country [music],”
Both songs have been supported by Spotify (Wild Country, RADAR Country, New Music Nashville, Fresh Finds and Young Nashville), Amazon (Breakthrough Country) and Pandora (New Country Now and Rising Women of Country) as well as NPR Music’s New Music Friday, CMT Next Women of Country and CMT The Roundup playlists.
Shorr launched a podcast earlier this year in partnership with iHeartMedia called “Too Much To Say with Kalie Shorr,” executive produced by nationally syndicated radio host Bobby Bones.
About Kalie Shorr
According to The New York Times, Kalie Shorr’s debut album – Open Book – was the #7 Best Album of 2019 alongside Taylor Swift, Lana Del Ray and Ariana Grande. Along with a long list of other accolades, Variety called Open Book “2019’s best freshman country effort,” and Stereogum said “country music needs this kind of fire.” Shorr burst onto the Nashville music scene in 2016 with her self-penned hit “Fight Like A Girl” and shortly after, the Portland, Maine singer-songwriter became a SiriusXM “Highway Find” and was spotlighted by Apple Music, Spotify, CMT, Radio Disney Country, Pandora, Taste of Country, The Boot and Billboard magazine. She was named a “CMT Next Women of Country,” “The New Nashville” by Teen Vogue and a “Top 10 Country Artists To Watch In 2018” by the Huffington Post. She made her Grand Ole Opry debut in 2018 and has gone on to play that heralded stage 17 times so far. From her work with the all-female, singer-songwriter collective Song Suffragettes, Shorr has been featured on PBS NewsHour, NPR’s “Morning Edition” and “On Point” as well as in ELLE Magazine. In addition to her iHeartMedia and Bobby Bones-produced podcast called “Too Much to Say with Kalie Shorr,” she is also co-host of the “Let The Girls Play” radio series featured weekly on Radio Disney Country. She rang in 2020 performing for over 200,000 people at Nashville’s largest-ever New Year’s Eve show with Keith Urban, Stevie Nicks, Jason Isbell, The Struts and more. With wide praise for her current album coming from diverse outlets like NPR, Slate, People, No Depression, Rolling Stone and more, Shorr’s 2020 lit up with The Guardian (UK) and The Tennessean calling her an artist to watch this year. She is the most recent signee to New York-based tmwrk records who released the expanded album Open Book: Unabridged available now. For more information visit www.kalieshorr.com.
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