Dark Wanderer and the Bounty Heart is a song cycle and the second full length studio album from Nathan Jacques. Boisterous western rock anthems reach across the horizon to warm, heartfelt love songs leaving everything in between to form a rich and alluring journey along a new western, genre-bending path. The record acts as the “soundtrack” to a fictional mid-1900s singing cowboy film featuring B-list star Nathan Jacques akin to Gene Autry and Roy Rogers but without the acting prowess, warm reception or critical acclaim. 20 tracks, double vinyl, gatefold sleeve. The album was produced by Ed Donnelly (Willie Nelson, Zac Brown, Del McCoury), mixed by Jordan Koop (Orville Peck) and Brandon Towles (Dierks Bentley, Parker McCollum), mastered by Pete Lyman (Brandi Carlisle, Sturgill Simpson) and the master lacquers for vinyl were cut by Nick Townsend (Jason Isbell, Amanda Shires).
01. DARK WANDERERR AND THE BOUNTY HEART (OVERTURE/MAIN THEME)
02. A HOLLER IN THE DARK
03. INTO NIGHT
04. WORDS OF CAUTION
05. SANCTUARY LIGHT
06. VENTURE FORTH (WANDERER’S THEME)
07. THE KING UNDERGROUND
08. OBSCURANT SHADOW (REVENANT MAN’S THEME)
09. SHAPESHIFTER
10. RED-EYED FOG PT.I (HEART HUNTER’S THEME)
11. LOVELESS COUNTRY DISC #2
01. DEVIL ON THE WIND
02. RED-EYED FOG PAT. II
03. THE STORM
04. CACTUS ROSE
05. BALLAD OF THE REVENANT MAN
06. NIGHT BREAKS (THE BOUNTY HEART)
07. DANCING IN THE LIGHT
08. UNDER BRILLIANT SKIES (WANDERER’S THEME REPRISE)
09. ALL I SEE
