December 5, 2022: Celebrated alt-country outfit Rusty Truck has announced a new self-titled album due out in February 2023. Recorded with producer and three-time GRAMMY-winner Larry Campbell and featuring appearances from Sheryl Crow and Jakob Dylan, the 10-song collection blends old school country tradition with the lush, theatrical flare of a film score. Rusty Truck frontman Mark Seliger, who also happens to be one of the modern era’s preeminent portrait photographers, delivers a series of intimate, character-driven vignettes with his “yearning, melancholy vocals” (Rolling Stone) a delivery that “evokes the steel-string twang and emotion of singers like George Jones” (New York Times). The forthcoming album grapples with longing, desire, and redemption and highlights the full scope of Seliger’s creativity and mastery of storytelling across mediums.

Today, Rusty Truck has released the music video for lead single “Ain’t Over Me,” which features Seliger’s longtime friends and collaborators Katie Holmes and Twyla Tharp (choreography). Directed by Seliger, the visual blends worlds and artforms - music, cinema, theater, dance - into an all-encompassing experience that sets the tone for what’s to come on the forthcoming record. The track is a stirring exploration of unrequited love and a mesmerizing introduction to the album’s blend of sharp detail and subtle insinuation.

Watch the official “Ain’t Over Me” music video here: https://youtu.be/tk2_hFygGEw

“Working with Mark and Twyla together was this profound creative experience where I felt like I was able to be the embodiment of a phrase of the poem they carefully crafted together. I learned so much about the power of movement through a lens and how that movement hits different notes of the emotional life of the characters creating this enchanting balance of beauty and layered human feelings.”

 - Katie Holmes told PEOPLE Magazine.

“Working with Mark Seliger on his ‘Ain’t over Me’ was made possible by his profound understanding of and attachment to dance. He knows that to live is to dance and that getting from A to B is an action. Song and dance exist to tell the story.” 

- Twyla Tharp told PEOPLE Magazine.

Rusty Truck, set for release in February 2023, was written by Seliger and mixed by GRAMMY-award winning producer / engineer Nick Brophy (Jason Aldean, Rascal Flatts). A handful of tracks were co-written with Seliger’s bandmate Michael Duff. The collection follows Rusty Truck’s debut album Luck’s Changing Lanes (2008) and the similarly well-received album Kicker Town (2013), which earned the band invitations to tour with the likes of Willie Nelson and John Hiatt and perform on CBS Saturday Morning and more. 

Pre-save / pre-order Rusty Truck (due out February 2023) here: https://lnk.dmsmusic.co/rustytruck_aintoverme 

As both a musician and a photographer, Mark Seliger has long been known for his ability to capture the deep wells of emotion that run beneath the surface of his subjects. Famed for his iconic images of everyone from Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen to Kurt Cobain and Kendrick Lamar, the Texas native has shot more than 175 covers for Rolling Stone, and he regularly captures stunning portraits of A-listers for Vanity Fair and GQ. Esquire explains, “If you've picked up a magazine in the past 30 years… you've seen one of Mark Seliger's photos.” His award-winning work is featured in the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian in DC, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, and the National Portrait Gallery in London, among other prestigious institutions.

For more on Mark Seliger’s photography work please visit https://www.markseliger.com/.

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