Brother Wallace Shares “You’re The Man” Single + Music Video Ahead of Debut Album Electric Love Out This Friday, May 8

 Opening for Mavis Staples at Central Park SummerStage July 16 (In Association with Apollo Theater) + Making Newport Folk Festival Debut 

Breakout First Tour Continues After Sold-Out NYC, D.C., Chicago + More; Hometown Atlanta Show Set for Album Release Day

“A hothouse blend of pop smarts and confessional songwriting… a vocal style that blends Little Richard with Johnnie Taylor.”  – MOJO, ★★★★

May 5, 2026 // Brother Wallace doesn’t just have a voice — he has command. Today, the West Point, Georgia-bred singer, pianist, and soul revivalist shares “You’re The Man” alongside an official music video, offering a powerful new centerpiece from his forthcoming debut album, Electric Love, arriving this Friday, May 8 via ATO Records. Listen to / Watch “You’re The Man”: https://atorecords-ffm.com/youretheman Pre-save / Pre-order Electric Love: https://ffm.to/electriclove-album

A darker, harder-hitting side of Wallace’s “Electric Love soul music,” “You’re The Man” moves with a moody ferocity — a song that stares straight at pride, power, and the stories we tell ourselves when we think we’re untouchable. Built for big rooms and bigger feelings, it’s a performance that doesn’t blink: Wallace’s vocals land with preacher’s conviction and street-corner truth, carrying a narrative that’s both unflinching and strangely compassionate. “That song comes from someone I know personally getting caught up in a treacherous life and thinking they could somehow escape the consequences,” Wallace says. “But then of course they ended up in trouble.”

The release arrives as Wallace’s first-ever major tour continues to gather real heat. Now midway through a spring run supporting St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Wallace has already helped pack out rooms in major markets — including sold-out dates at Brooklyn Paramount (NYC), 9:30 Club (Washington, D.C.), and The Salt Shed (Chicago), plus additional sell-outs across the routing. With each night, he’s proving what early listeners have started to suspect: this isn’t a new artist “warming up.” It’s a performer built for the stage — the rare kind of presence that can hush a room, then get it moving in the same breath.

This week’s release also sets the stage for a full-circle hometown moment: Brother Wallace returns to Georgia for an album release day show in Atlanta on May 8 at The Eastern, bringing Electric Love into the world in the region that raised him — where church musicianship, band culture, and community tradition shaped the foundation of his sound. Produced and co-written with Dan Taylor (The Heavy) and recorded at Peter Gabriel’s legendary Real World Studios in England, Electric Love is a 13-song introduction to a vocalist whose joy feels earned — gospel-rooted, sweat-lit, and deeply real. Engineered and mixed by Bob Mackenzie (James Blake, The 1975, King Krule, SAULT) and Jim Abbiss (Adele, Arctic Monkeys), the album captures Wallace with startling immediacy: songs that feel less like studio product and more like a room you’re standing inside. In a recent album review and interview feature with MOJO Magazine, they described the project as a “hothouse blend of pop smarts and confessional songwriting in which horns and harmonies constantly take it higher,” even stating that Brother Wallace “seizes the spotlight.”

Pre-Release Singles: “Gone With The Wind” Listen / Watch “Who Do You Love” Listen / Watch “Who’s That” Listen / Watch   Beyond the tour and album release week, Wallace’s live momentum stretches into the summer with a newly announced New York date: Central Park SummerStage has just revealed its 2026 season, including a FREE show on July 16 at Rumsey Playfield headlined by Mavis Staples — a living legend whose voice has helped define American music across eight decades, from the Staple Singers to her essential solo work, earning multiple GRAMMYs (including a Lifetime Achievement Award) along the way. Presented in association with the Apollo Theater, the night pairs Staples’ towering catalog with the arrival of Brother Wallace, whose modern soul-and-gospel power makes him a natural fit to open. Electric Love Out May 8 via ATO Records Pre-save / Pre-order: https://ffm.to/electriclove-album

 

Electric Love Tracklist

Who’s That?

You’re The Man

Gone With The Wind

Electric Love

Top Shotta

No God In This Town

Who Do You Love?

Any Day Now

Patient Man

Midnight Valley

Jealous

Hope Of Fools

Let’s Get Together 

 

TOUR DATES — Supporting St. Paul & The Broken Bones

5/5/2026 – Cincinnati, OH – Taft Theatre

5/6/2026 – Lexington, KY – Burl Outdoors (SOLD OUT!)

5/8/2026 – Atlanta, GA – Eastern

5/9/2026 – Charleston, SC – Charleston Music Hall (SOLD OUT!)

 

NORTH AMERICA TOUR DATES

6/17/2026 - Malvern, PA - Chill on the Hill

6/19/2026 – Greenfield, MA - Green River Music Festival

6/21/2026 - Mt. Solon, VA - Red Wing Roots

6/23/2026 - Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle 

6/24/2026 - Nashville, TN - Basement 

6/25/2026 - Memphis, TN - Overton Park Bandshell

7/9/2026 - Oakbank, MB - Winnipeg Folk Festival

7/16/20206 - New York, NY - Central Park SummerStage w/ Mavis Staples

7/22/2026 - Floyd, VA- FloydFest 

7/24/2026 - Newport, RI - Newport Folk Festival 

 

UK/EUROPE TOUR DATES

5/14/2026 – Brighton, UK – The Great Escape Festival

5/15/2026 – Brighton, UK – The Great Escape Festival

5/16/2026 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – London Calling Festival

5/18/2026 – Manchester, UK – The Castle

5/20/2026 – London, UK – Colours Hoxton

5/24/2026 – London, UK – Cross The Tracks Festival

9/3/2026 – Tollard Royal, UK – End of the Road Festival

 

Official Website: https://www.brotherwallace.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brother_wallace_official/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brotherwallaceofficial