Brighter Days CD

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Dwight Yoakam • Brighter Days CD Brighter days are up ahead, declares Dwight Yoakam on the title track of his new album Brighter Days, his first release of new original material in nine years.Written and recorded over the last three years, Brighter Days features 12 brand-new songs written/co-written by Yoakam, as well as two seemingly disparate covers of Keep On The Sunny Side by the Carter Family and Bound Away by Cake, artfully woven into the same body of work in the unmistakable style that could only be Dwight Yoakam.The infectious lead single I Don't Know How To Say Goodbye, was written by Yoakam specifically for a collaboration with Post Malone.At once timeless and timely, in fact downright cowpunk-tual, Yoakam self-produced Brighter Days, blending a modern reverence for the history of country music with the pioneering rock and roll spirit of California.The result creates a sense of craftsmanship and immediacy that captures the quintessential Dwight Yoakam cool that has separated the two-time Grammy winner from his country contemporaries since the start of his legendary career.As usual, Yoakam's lyrics throughout the album are both deceivingly effortless and poignant. Tracklist Wide Open Heart I'll Pay The Price Bound Away California Sky Can't Be Wrong I Spell Love A Dream That Never Ends Brighter Days I Don't Know How To Say Goodbye If Only Hand Me Down Heart Time Between Keep On The Sunny Side Every Night Show more