The official music video for Sturgill Simpson’s new single “Brace For Impact (Live A Little)” is premiering today and can now be viewed at SturgillSimpson.com.

Matt Mahurin, who has enjoyed over 35 years of acclaim as an illustrator, photographer, film director and teacher, directed the video. His previous work includes collaborations with Peter Gabriel, U2, REM, Tracy Chapman, Sting, Bonnie Raitt, Ice-T, Metallica, David Byrne, Joni Mitchell and Tom Waits.

“Brace For Impact (Live A Little)” is from Simpson’s highly anticipated new album, A Sailor’s Guide To Earth, which will be released April 15 on Atlantic Records and is now available for pre-order.

Already receiving widespread acclaim, NPR Music calls it, “thrilling new music,” while Rolling Stone asserts, “shows off the full range of Simpson's tastes, mixing his countrified bark with Motown horns, Sly Stone-worthy funk, Walt Disney strings and Seventies classic rock” and USA Today praises, “Simpson’s voice has a tone that makes you feel warm, safe in the hands of good country, and with that stomping beat and slide guitar backing him, it’s hard to fight it…Simpson is still making country music that feels relevant, and real.”

Produced by Simpson, A Sailor’s Guide To Earth was written—beginning to end—as a letter to his first child who arrived during the summer of 2014 and features eight original songs as well as a rendition of Nirvana’s “In Bloom.”

Recorded primarily at Nashville’s The Butcher Shoppe, Simpson was joined in the studio by Grammy Award-winning engineer David Ferguson (Johnny Cash, John Prine, “Cowboy” Jack Clement) and assistant engineer Sean Sullivan. Along with members of his touring band, the album features Dave Roe on bass, Dan Dugmore on steel guitar, Dougie Wilkinson on bagpipes, Garo Yellin and Arthur Cook on cello, Jonathan Dinklage and Whitney LaGrange on violin and special guests The Dap-Kings.

In celebration of the release, Simpson and his band will kick off their 2016 tour this spring, including shows in Austin, Dallas, Houston, Oklahoma City, Lexington, Chattanooga, Knoxville, Indianapolis, Louisville, Royal Oak, MI, Chicago, Milwaukee and Minneapolis. Tickets go on-sale tomorrow (Friday, March 11). Additional dates to be announced.

A Sailor’s Guide To Earth is Simpson’s third full-length album and follows his break-through, Grammy-nominated 2014 release, Metamodern Sounds In Country Music. Beloved by critics and fans, the record was featured on year-end “best of” lists at The New York Times,Rolling Stone, the Village Voices’ Pazz and Jop, Rolling Stone Country, NPR Music, American Songwriter, Stereogum, the Los Angeles Times, KCRW, Pitchfork, The Washington Post and many others.

A SAILOR’S GUIDE TO EARTH TRACK-LISTING:

1. Welcome to Earth (Pollywog)
2. Breakers Roar
3. Keep It Between The Lines
4. Sea Stories
5. In Bloom
6. Brace For Impact (Live A Little)
7. All Around You
8. Oh Sarah
9. Call To Arms

STURGILL SIMPSON TOUR DATES:

May 5—Austin, TX—Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater

May 6—Austin, TX—Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater

May 7—Dallas, TX—The Bomb Factory

May 10—Houston, TX—White Oak Music Hall

May 11—Oklahoma City, OK—Criterion Theater

May 16—Lexington, KY—Lexington Opera House

May 17—Lexington, KY— Lexington Opera House

May 18—Chattanooga, TN—Tivoli Theater

May 20—Knoxville, TN—Tennessee Theater

May 21—Indianapolis, IN—Egyptian Room – Old National Centre

May 22—Louisville, KY—Louisville Palace

June 2—Royal Oak, MI—Royal Oak Theatre

June 3—Chicago, IL—Riviera Theatre

June 4—Milwaukee, WI—Riverside Theater

June 5—Minneapolis, MN—First Avenue