Texas-born singer, songwriter, and producer Chance Peña recently released his full-length album When I Change My Mind I Don’t Mean It.
Chance is currently touring with The Lumineers on The Automatic World Tour across North America. He’ll then travel Europe to support on Tom Odell’s A Wonderful Life Tour for 14 dates before playing 3 headline shows in Australia in December. For a list of dates, please visit chancepena.com.
Later this year, Chance will join The Lumineers on The Automatic World Tour for 20 shows across North America. He’ll then travel Europe to support on Tom Odell’s A Wonderful Life Tour for 14 dates before playing 3 headline shows in Australia in December. For a list of dates, please visit chancepena.com.
A prime showcase for Chance’s poetic and potent lyricism, “Wolves of Worry” unfolds as a fable-like yet palpably raw portrait of anxiety. The gorgeously haunting track inhabits a stark simplicity before morphing into a glorious outburst in its final moment, inciting a sublime catharsis with its howling vocals and frenetic guitar work.
How has the release of single Wolves of Worry gone down with fans so far?
• Well I think they like it. It’s fun to play live for sure.
What would say your favourite single off the album ‘When I Change My Mind I Don’t Mean It’ is?
• Definitely “Good Love Die”
So you’ve finally released your new album, how excited are you to share this with your fans?
• Oh this is my favorite project I’ve ever done. Feels like it sums up my life over the last 3 years.
How long did it take to create the album from start to finish?
• From the moment I was like “these songs are gonna be the album songs”… probably a solid 4 months.
How has the team at Columbia Records been while making this album?
• They have been wonderful. Dream partners, very pleasant group of folks to work with and I feel very blessed to have them as partners.
So you went to a remote cabin in California, did this help you inspire writing lyrics?
• definitely did. I mean your locked away up there, snowed in at times. All there is to do is pick up a guitar and sing something.
If you could work with any artist on a new song, who would it be and why?
• Honestly I don’t have a great answer for that. I like to write with people I know, or want to get to know. Always want there to be some sort of personal relationship there. I’m not one to just hop on someone else’s song at the drop of a hat, I want there to be something real there. And when you encounter those “real people” you know it.
You have a few support shows coming up, are there any in particular looks to be a highlight for you?
Honestly all of them. Just excited to be on the road with talented, good hearted people.