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Zac Brown Band releases new single, tracklisting from ‘The Owl’

Atlanta's Zac Brown Band will release their sixth studio album, "The Owl," this fall.
Atlanta's Zac Brown Band will release their sixth studio album, "The Owl," this fall.
By Melissa Ruggieri
Aug 23, 2019

The Zac Brown Band has dropped a new song from its upcoming album, “The Owl.”

"Need This," produced by Brown, along with Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd, Andrew DeRoberts and Ryan Tedder, showcases a soul-funk side of the Atlanta-based band. The song is now available on all streaming platforms.

ZBB also unveiled the tracklist for "The Owl," which arrives Sept. 20.; the song "Finish What We Started" features Brandi Carlile.

To pre-order, visit

https://zacbrownband.lnk.to/TheOwl.

1. The Woods

2. Need This

3. OMW

4. Someone I Used to Know

5. Me and the Boys in the Band

6. Finish What We Started (w/Brandi Carlile)

7. God Given

8. Warrior

9. Shoofly Pie

10. Already on Fire

11. Leaving Love Behind

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Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.

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