Today marks the release of Weapons Of Beauty, the long-awaited debut solo album from Jay Buchanan, the unmistakable voice behind Grammy-nominated rock band Rival Sons.
A stark, soulful and deeply personal body of work, Weapons Of Beauty sees Buchanan step away from the thunder of the world’s biggest rock stages and into something slower, more intimate and more revealing. Written during an extended period of isolation in the Mojave Desert, the album is shaped by solitude, devotion, faith, doubt and love — a collection of songs that sit at the crossroads of Americana, country-soul, gospel and American gothic.
Produced by long-time collaborator Dave Cobb, Weapons Of Beauty is anchored by Buchanan’s singular voice — weathered, elastic and emotionally unguarded — carrying songs that wrestle with the cost of love, the weight of history and the possibility of grace. It is an album unafraid of vulnerability, built on restraint rather than bombast, and delivered with a quiet confidence that has already drawn widespread critical acclaim. Dave Cobb states: “I think this record is like seeing into the heart of Jay, no filter, no noise just pure raw emotion.”
In celebration of the project, Buchanan will perform special shows at London’s The Lower Third on Monday February 23rd (tickets HERE) and Paris, Les Étoiles on Wednesday February 25th (tickets HERE).
