After a sold out performance last year, NEEDTOBREATHE returns to Cincinnati, OH at The Andrew J Brady Music Center® on Saturday, February 27 with very special guest Connor Smith.
The tenth studio album from NEEDTOBREATHE, The Long Surrender is the sound of a band awakened to their truest purpose and power more than two decades into a triumphant career. During the early days of summer 2025, frontman Bear Rinehart began writing songs on his own as a means of catharsis and recalibration, soon unlocking an unprecedented level of self-aware candor in his lyrics. After heading into the studio for a one-off recording session, the South Carolina-bred four-piece found themselves overtaken by an explosive burst of creativity that quickly generated an entire album’s worth of material, bringing a bold new sense of abandon to their soulful fusion of timeless Americana and forward-thinking alt-rock. In a seismic leap forward for the multi-platinum-selling, GRAMMY-nominated band—whose lineup also includes keyboardist Josh Lovelace, guitarist Tyler Burkum, and drummer Randall Harris—The Long Surrender makes for a revelatory new entry to NEEDTOBREATHE’s catalog: an album that’s both uncompromising and immensely life-affirming in its clear-eyed reflection on personal upheaval and hard-won redemption.
ABOUT NEEDTOBREATHE:
NEEDTOBREATHE is a multi-platinum, GRAMMY-nominated band known for their distinctive blend of Americana, alt-rock, and spiritual depth—earning five No. 1 albums, over three billion career streams, sold-out tours, and a devoted global following. The South Carolina–bred group—Bear Rinehart, Josh Lovelace, Tyler Burkum, and Randall Harris—enters a new creative chapter with The Long Surrender, their tenth studio album and first release for MCA.
Produced by nine-time GRAMMY-winner Dave Cobb, The Long Surrender captures the band at their most vulnerable and instinctive, recorded largely live and driven by Rinehart’s deeply personal songwriting. Led by the early standout “Momma Loves Me” featuring The Red Clay Strays, the album reflects themes of faith, redemption, and renewed clarity—showcasing a band confident enough to strip everything back and let the songs speak for themselves.
“This album really clarified that, as an artist, I’ve got to put my convictions in front of anything else,” says Rinehart. “I poured myself into it without trying to shape it for anyone or anything, and that’s what we’re going to keep doing from here on out. It’s definitely a better indicator of where we’re headed than where we’ve ever been, and in a lot of ways it feels it’s our very first record.”
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