Nashville-based Americana/roots rock singer-songwriter Scott Clay is set to release his album, Let It All Lay Bare, independently on September 23rd, 2022. Recorded partially at Hall of Justice in Seattle and partially remotely, the album was produced/engineered by Mike Davis (Modest Mouse), mixed by Steven Aguilar, and mastered by Rachel Field.

Let It All Lay Bare showcases themes important to Clay: relationships, stunning displays of natural beauty, and even famous historical events. The collection of songs that compromise his fifth full-length gives listeners a multi-faceted picture of a storyteller in his element.

1. Let It All Lay Bare
2. Nothing Like the Real Thing
3. Open Country
4. It’s Easy
5. Simple Kind
6. Chief Joseph
7. Baptize Me
8. Aurora
9. Utah
10. The Captive

Blessed with a longing ache within his vocal delivery akin to a young Adam Duritz and, perhaps, at times, the great Michael Stipe, Scott Clay opens this album with the upbeat, easygoing titular track and then comes the jaunty alt-country rock of Nothing Like the Real Thing, and they are followed by the aching yearn within Open Country, the rockin’ grooves of It’s Easy and the harmonica-imbibed, reticently restrained Simple Kind.

The seasoned Seattle-based performer continues onward with the Counting Crows-esque Chief Joseph and the blazingly euphoric Baptize Me, and then follows them seamlessly with the dulcet, Americana-embed, hauntingly ethereal Aurora, the album rounding out on the mid-tempo Utah, coming to a close on the sententious balladry within The Captive.

“This album represents an evolution in my musical career, and I am hoping it will connect deeply with my listeners,” Clay says of Let It All Lay Bare. “I feel honored to continue touring and look forward to engaging with my audience on a new level.”

Clay plans to roll out a series of singles with accompanying videos leading up to the album release in the fall.

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