Everywhere Isn't Texas [LP]

August Ponthier - Everywhere Isn't Texas [LP]

August Ponthier is stepping into a new era of life and of music. On Friday, the singer-songwriter announced their debut album Everywhere Isn’t Texas with Rolling Stone, describing it as “a coming-of-age album for late bloomers who grew up in a place that didn’t always love them back.” The record follows their recent coming out as non-binary and years of unapologetically embracing their queer identity. The record is out Feb. 13. “It’s a collection of songs that tackle topics like gender envy, reconnecting with childhood, escapism, generational trauma, and queer joy, all while processing a complicated relationship with your hometown,” Ponthier tells Rolling Stone. “When I would sit down to write songs, those are the experiences that I wanted to draw from. It’s simple. It’s a record that can be fun, silly, heartbreaking, disarming, and covers a wide range of topics and energies, but it’s a record that is about my life.” While many of the songs explore the complicated relationship between their upbringing in Texas and their queerness, Ponthier explains that there’s still a lot of joy on the record. “When you’re writing about growing up somewhere as vast, complex, and contradictory as my home state, zeroing in on one mood or one conclusion can’t do it justice,” they say SIDE A 1. World Famous 2. Ribbons + Taxes 3. Handsome 4. I’m Crying, Are You? 5. Everywhere Isn’t Texas 6. Betty SIDE B 1. Karaoke Queen 2. Angry Man 3. Bloodline 4. Cowboy (ONLY on vinyl) 5. Everywhere Isn’t Texas (Reprise)