Have you heard? Jay Buchanan is stepping into the quiet. The Rival Sons singer will perform a run of intimate, special shows in Nashville, London, and Paris to mark the release of his debut solo album, Weapons Of Beauty, arriving February 6 via Sacred Tongue Records / Thirty Tigers!
Word is, Buchanan’s solo performances feel less like concerts and more like shared confessions.
Buchanan previewed material from Weapons Of Beauty last year with two sold-out shows in London and Paris. Those rooms witnessed something different: a revered frontman stepping away from the safety of a band and into his own stark emotional terrain. “There’s going to be quite a few slow songs tonight,” he told the London crowd. “I’m going to take my time.”
Upcoming Live Dates:
Feb. 17 – Nashville, TN @ Basement East
Feb. 23 – London, UK @ The Lower Third
Feb. 25 – Paris, France @ Les Étoiles
Tickets for London and Paris are on sale: weaponsofbeauty.com
Buchanan’s solo stuff is rooted in gospel, soul, and American roots music. As you know, his voice carries grit and grace in equal measure.
The latest glimpse into the album arrives via new single “True Black”, following earlier release “Caroline”, both pointing toward a deeply personal record shaped by isolation, reflection, and restraint. Much of the album was written in an underground bunker in the Mojave Desert, a windowless refuge near an abandoned gold mine. Below the earth, Buchanan found clarity.
“I wanted to draw pictures in the dirt,” Buchanan says. “Weapons Of Beauty is the sound of these plates shifting within me, too loud to ignore.”
The album continues Buchanan’s long-standing creative partnership with Dave Cobb, marking their tenth collaboration together. Recorded in Savannah, Georgia, the sessions featured a tight circle of Nashville musicians and a focus on capturing raw performances without distraction. Cobb puts it simply: “No filter, no noise, just pure raw emotion.”
Beyond music, Buchanan recently appeared in the biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, portraying the frontman of the Stone Pony house band. Following the film, director Scott Cooper sequenced Weapons Of Beauty, giving the album a cinematic arc that mirrors its emotional weight.
You wanna talk about underrated singer? Buchanan better be in that conversation.
