Watch the Full Length Art Film ‘The White Buffalo: Year of the Dark Horse’

The White Buffalo: Year of the Dark Horse:

Full Length Art Film For New Album, Released Today Here

U.K. and European Tour Dates Set For May-July 2023 Here

Acclaimed New Album

‘Year of the Dark Horse’

Available Worldwide Now Here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdQ2Dj4_YjE

The White Buffalo has released the full-length art film The White Buffalo: Year of the Dark Horse today; watch the film which is based on the new album Year of the Dark Horse in its entirety, HERE.

The White Buffalo’s acclaimed new album Year of the Dark Horse is now available worldwide via Snakefarm, HERE. A collection of 12 musical vignettes individual yet constant in flow, Year of the Dark Horse is The White Buffalo’s most sonically ambitious and well-rounded album to date, with the full scope of Smith’s songwriting craft on view. Recorded at Neon Cross studio in Nashville with producer Jay Joyce (Eric Church, Brothers Osbourne, Fidlar)–the 10-track album has now debuted to critical praise across the globe. On YOTDH, the Emmy-nominated, Oregon-born, and Southern California-bred artist The White Buffalo aka Jake Smith, took the less-travelled path and embarked on a voyage of discovery. Bassist, keyboard player, and guitarist Christopher Hoffee, and drummer Matt Lynott added to the recordings and round out the group on the road.

Year of the Dark Horse which American Songwriter hailed as a “tilt-a-whirl of melting soundscapes,” and a “funhouse of melodies that shapeshift in your ears” is based around the shifting of seasons paralleled with the changes in a relationship. Smith’s evocative storytelling and emotionally weighted songs allow the imagination of the listener to play an important part throughout; the music builds on a tale of debauchery and blame, of love and loss, a life lived against the odds, with the whole thing set in one lunar year, and following our anti-hero through the highs and lows of the seasons. From highlights “Kingdom For A Fool,” “52 Card Pickup,” and “Donna,” Year of the Dark Horse offers an invigorating and wonderfully unpredictable listen.

The White Buffalo will launch a tour of Europe, and the U.K. on May 18. The group will open for the legendary Bruce Springsteen on Sunday, May 21 at Circo Massimo in Rome, Italy before shows in the U.K., Germany, France, The Netherlands, Spain, and Ireland, see all dates below and HERE.

Recently Jake joined Foo Fighters/Dead Peasants guitarist Chris Shiflett for the latest episode of his “Walking The Floor” with Chris Shiflett podcast. Listen as the duo take a deep dive into their diverse musical influences from Outlaw Country to Alt Rock, and Americana to Punk, with Jake talking about how artists ranging from Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen to Elliot Smith deeply influenced his songwriting from the start. Listen/share to the full episode of “Walking The Floor” with Chris Shiflett featuring Jake Smith/The White Buffalo, HERE.

In addition, The White Buffalo stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! to perform performance their new single “C’mon Come Up Come Out” on late-night television for the first time. Watch and share The White Buffalo’s performance of the song “C’mon Come Up Come Out” on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, YouTube.

The White Buffalo perform “C’mon Come Up Come Out” on Jimmy Kimmel Live!.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWhucIcprIA

Critical acclaim continues to come in for The White Buffalo’s Year of the Dark Horse:

“…a superb album.”



—The Alternate Root (Nov. 2022)

“…“Year of the Dark Horse is a big, bold, uncompromising album in which Smith’s almost confrontationally honest lyrics, rich melodies and emotional voice have been given the kind of expansive setting they deserve.“

—The Telegraph (5-star review, Nov. 2022)

“Prepare to be amazed, afraid and amused. ‘Year Of The Dark Horse’ is a work of dark, twisted genius.”

—Maximum Volume Music (9 out-of-10 review, November 2022)

“An intoxicating synergy of music, concept and poetry, this is a progressively minded, humane masterwork that, the deeper you dive into the narrator’s world, the more every element resonates in perfect unison. [Year of the Dark Horse] isn’t just Smith’s headphones album, it might actually be his ‘Sgt. Pepper’.”

—Stereoboard (4-1/2 out of 5 star review, November 2022)

“Smith has a deep, warm, dry, sandblasted voice that brings to life the American desert which is perfectly complemented by the lush instrumentation and layered tales unfurling throughout. ‘Kingdom For A Fool’ is particularly beautiful–country-tinged, reveling in loneliness, and building into a kind of wild, existential euphoria–while the western shanty ‘She Don’t Know That I Lie’ could plant its flag between Tom Waits and Nick Cave territory while holding its head high, its deft lyricism more than justifying the cinematic ambitions of the project. ‘Donna,’ meanwhile reinvents ELO’s Mr Blue Sky and fills it with broken glass and thorns. This Dark Horse is a magnificent work of art.”

—Classic Rock, (November 2022)

“The White Buffalo’s most unpredictable and inventive work to date, the most well-rounded, too –surprising, spontaneous, and spectacularly genre resistant. Year Of The Dark Horse: Normal rules do not apply. … Boundary-pushing producer Jay Joyce helps the Americana singer-songwriter spread his wings and fashion his most experimental and sonically adventurous full-length.”

—The Tinnist (November 2022)

“Year of the Dark Horse goes beyond a concept album, it’s almost like a mini musical of the past year of Jake Smith’s life. …a brilliantly written album featuring 12 personal songs. …Smith makes a statement of intent from the first track ‘Not Today’ which boasts a catchy chorus, his strong, gritty vocals accompanied by an explosive production. In conclusion, it’s a bold project from The White Buffalo but one I hope will pay off, it’s innovative, intriguing and captures the imagination.”

—Maverick Country (November 2022)

“Uninhibited in attitude and untethered by genre, The White Buffalo is able to go places other artists just can’t, though the music still mostly comes across as familiar, intuitive, and strangely seamless unto itself, even when he works from rock, to folk, to country, while touching on everything in between. He’ll do a song like the opening track ‘Not Today’ that feels like a progressive form of rock, then a song like ‘She Don’t Know That I Lie’ that is very Tom Waits in style and writing, which quickly transitions to ‘C’mon Come Up Come Out,’ which could be considered folk or country.”

—Saving Country Music (November 22, 2022)

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About The White Buffalo:

A powerful and prolific storyteller through his songcraft, Jake Smith, aka The White Buffalo’s body of work includes prominent song and soundtrack placements in the worlds of TV and Film including the TV series Sons Of Anarchy, This Is Us, Californication, The Punisher, The Terminal List, and the films Shelter, Safe Haven and West of Memphis. The White Buffalo’s dark blues and light Americana-roots-tinged folk provided a soundtrack of tunes for the entire seven season run of the FX original series Sons of Anarchy, which included 11 songs overall. The last song in the series finale for SOA “Come Join The Murder,” earned The White Buffalo his first-ever Emmy-Award Nomination. NPR’s All Songs Considered hailed The White Buffalo as an “amazing storyteller,” the Los Angeles Times added “Smith’s baritone echoes with villains and misfits, drunks, and philistines,” while Classic Rock magazine declared TWB “America’s darkest country/blues export…imagine a blue collar Tom Waits, or Nick Cave pumping gas in a station just off the highway.” The White Buffalo is currently in the midst of a world tour–in support of their new album Year of the Dark Horse, released November 11 on Snakefarm, HERE.