LISTEN: Josh Langston Returns With “Wishin You Would Call”

New album, Tastes Like Sin, out March 29th

February 22, 2024February 23, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Blackberry Smoke, Bryan, Country, Drive-By Truckers, Dusty Road Records, Josh Langston, Southern Rock, Tastes Like Sin, Texas

Josh Langston (Image: Dusty Road Records)

Texas country rock troubadour Josh Langston is back with a brand new album coming out on March 29th called Tastes Like Sin.

Taking a cue from Bob Dylan and Neil Young, Langston’s latest LP sees him cherry picking from works in his out-of-print back catalog and giving the selections a fresh coat of paint used to illustrate life and love in his beloved hometown of Bryan, TX.

“With my previous records being out of print and unavailable, I took advantage of the opportunity to kind of cherry pick from my entire catalog to put this record together,” he tells Rock & Roll Globe. “I think sonically it’s pretty consistent with what I’ve always done, country songs with a southern rock band. I’ve always been focused on making albums that tell a story as opposed to recording a batch of singles and releasing them as an album, and I think we definitely stayed the course with Tastes Like Sin.”

Josh Langston Tastes Like Sin, Dusty Road Records 2024

For the first time, Langston cut this album in Bryan within the rustic charm of South Main Recordings, located above the old Grand Stafford Theater in the town’s historic downtown district. It was culled from over 14 sessions that spanned six weeks, working diligently alongside a crew of seasoned local musicians who breathe new life into such Langston gems as “Just Cause,” “Promised Land” and “Still Hurts When It Rains” along with five others handpicked by the man himself.

“The process was extremely smooth,” Langston explains of the album’s creation, his first full-length in 15 years. “I think the whole album took about eight full days in the studio to track. The studio is located in the loft of a very old theater in downtown Bryan right next to the railroad tracks. We had to take more than a few train breaks and I’m really surprised that no train noise ended up on the album!”

Rock & Roll Globe is honored to premiere one of Tastes Like Sin’s focus tracks, the crunchy “Wishin You Would Call,” which fans of Drive-By Truckers and Blackberry Smoke ought to check out right away.

“The song is really autobiographical,” proclaims Langston. “I wrote it reflecting on my early years in this business, burning bridges on a regular basis and generally living completely out of control.”

Listen to the song below and pre-order Tastes Like Sin here.