Jason Scott & The High Heat release their new album Play Boy via Leo33. On Play Boy, the band comes swaggering out of the gate, their gritty, groove-laden rock the perfect complement to lyrics that examine the absurdity of American life with tongue planted firmly in cheek. Jason Scott & The High Heat are here for a good time, whether it’s at a rowdy honky tonk or a seedy rock club. The band was just announced as part of the line-up for Stagecoach 2027, and they made their national TV debut last weekend on CBS Saturday’s “Saturday Sessions” with a three-song performance. Watch their performances below:
The band is led by Jason Scott, a songwriter whose Pentecostal upbringing, years spent as a preacher-in-training, and eventual crisis of faith give him a storyteller’s edge and a unique perspective on life, love, and modern struggles. Produced by Scott and Taylor Johnson at Lunar Manor in Oklahoma City, OK, and Blackwatch Studios in Norman, OK, Play Boy finds the band refining their rollicking sound, while Scott’s lyrics have never been sharper.
Following an opening slot this summer for Morgan Wallen, who handpicked the band, and a UK/Ireland tour supporting Josh Ross last month, Scott & The High Heat will play a slew of festivals this Fall, including Bourbon & Beyond, Born & Raised, and Peacemaker, among others.
Born and bred in Oklahoma City, Jason Scott & The High Heat have been blazing their own trail since their debut album, Castle Rock, lit up critics at NPR, BBC Radio, and beyond. With a sound that fuses heartland rock muscle and country grit, they don’t just blur genre lines; they stomp right over them.
On stage, the band is pure wildfire – raw, unfiltered, and impossible to ignore, lighting up festivals like Stagecoach, Born & Raised, and Mile 0 Fest and opening for acts such as Wyatt Flores and 49 Winchester. Their 2025 album American Grin turned the heat up even further, marrying groove and grit with sharp, lived-in storytelling. As Rolling Stone puts it, the Oklahoma band is “taking an honest and often humorous look at a U.S. existence,” while Holler calls American Grin “a masterpiece not only in sound but in substance… a roadmap for this weird and wonderful ride of existence.”
