Seven-time Grammy nominee Tyler Childers offers up a wandering troubadour’s bounty of observations, lessons and musings he’s collected, and threads them through his new album, Snipe Hunter, out today (July 25) on Hickman Holler Records/RCA Records.
The 13-track album, produced by Rick Rubin, as well as additional production from Childers and Sylvan Esso’s Nick Sanborn, is wrapped in inspiration Kentucky native and resident Childers has derived from trips to India and Australia, but also tucks in a song with advice to his son, and plenty of references to hunting — all mingling together on an album that melds country, folk and rock.
The album includes previously heard fan favorites including “Oneida” (which Childers has performed in concert for years) and “Nose on the Grindstone.” Fans will also recognize familiar elements on some newer songs, like when the opening track “Eatin’ Big Time” references an inside joke tossed around by Childers and his band The Food Stamps.
Childers’s previous album, 2023’s Rustin’ in the Rain, debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200, led by the single “In Your Love,” which earned nominations from the Grammys and the Academy of Country Music. Since the release of earlier albums such as his 2011 self-released project Bottles and Bibles and his 2017 breakthrough Purgatory, he’s performed on massive stages from Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl and New York City’s Madison Square Garden to London’s 02 Arena.
Ahead, Childers will continue his Tyler Childers On The Road Tour, with upcoming shows at Nashville, Tennessee’s GEODIS Park and London’s 02 Arena. Below, Billboard looks at the top songs on Childers’s new album, Snipe Hunter.
