The Long Ryders Announce New Album “High Noon Hymns”

The Long Ryders have announced their return with High Noon Hymns, their powerful new studio album that will be released on the 13th March via Cherry Red Records. Produced by longtime collaborator Ed Stasium, famed for his historic work with the Ramones and previous Long Ryders albums, High Noon Hymns captures the band at their most assured, distilling decades of songwriting craft into a collection that is both reflective and forward-looking. Founding member Sid Griffin describes the album as “two thirds the distilled alt-country genre we helped found back in the 1980s, one third Paisley Underground adventurism, with a dash of our own crazed soulfulness thrown in.” That balance is evident throughout High Noon Hymns, where melodic immediacy meets lyrical depth across fourteen new songs. 

Following the passing of beloved bassist Tom Stevens, bass duties on High Noon Hymns are shared by Murry Hammond (Old 97s), alongside Long Ryders guitarist Stephen McCarthy (The Jayhawks / Dream Syndicate. Guest appearances include DJ Bonebrake (X) on vibes, and bluegrass prodigy Wyatt Ellis. Recorded at Kozy Tone Studios in sunny Poway, California, High Noon Hymns is a statement of continuity and resilience, a modern Long Ryders album rooted in their original spirit that blends of Gram Parsons, The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield and punk rock energy, yet shaped by experience, loss and renewal