Eric Church Dropped A Surprise New Album In Everyone's Face Like A Goddamn Boss

TasteOfCountry – Select fans of Eric Church got a big surprise on Tuesday (Nov. 3) when a new album called Mr. Misunderstood showed up in their mailboxes. The unannounced, 10-track album is packed with more lightly-produced country-rock tracks than one heard on The Outsiders, including one called “Three-Year-Old.”
Several fans tweeted their pleasure, while others commented on the singer’s Church Choir message board. “Best surprise today. Received a record in the mail from @ericchurch love it! #mrmisunderstood,” tweets @k_msinclair. Not all members of the Church Choir received it, or received it yet. There’s been no official comment from the singer or his label and management team about the album.

Here’s the tracklist for Eric Church’s Mr. Misunderstood:

1. Mr. Misunderstood
2. Mistress Named Music
3. Chattanooga Lucy
4. Mixed Drinks About Feelings
5. Knives of New Orleans
6. Round Here Buzz
7. Kill a Word
8. Holdin’ My Own
9. Record Year
10. Three Year Old

THE CHIEF. This is how you release the goods. No hype. No pomp and circumstance. Just let your stuff go when it’s done and let the music do the talking. I like the Foo Fighters but there’s no damn reason for them to have a countdown clock on their website for 30 damn days. They’re one of the biggest bands in the world and shouldn’t need that kind of suspense before something big. That’s why I LOVE this move by Church. It’s the Barry Sanders touchdown dance of album releases.

I’m not the biggest country guy by any standards. Sure, I like drinking a cold one to today’s country jams that are mostly generic and sound the same. But The Chief puts out next level stuff straight from the soul. Material that’s not only great but, you know, fucking original. You don’t see that often in the land of 2015 where you can autotune a giraffe queef into a Top-10 hit. Give me the likes of Eric Church or give me death.