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  JUSTIN MOORE - Love Your Hometown - The Valory Music Co.

Multi-platinum star Justin Moore has made himself a household name in country music with his unapologetic devotion to the military and his odes to the small-town way of life.  Over the years, he has continued to find new and unique ways to tell stories that resonate in the hearts and minds of fans young and old, and that trend continues with his brand-new track.  “Love Your Hometown” is available now, both digitally and on all streaming platforms, via The Valory Music Co.

Written by Moore along with Will Bundy, Randy Montana, and Jeremy Stover, the new tune serves as a prequel to Justin’s No. 1 single “The Ones That Didn’t Make It Back Home”.  Sharing the perspective of those back home who are waiting for loved ones to return, Moore offers a profound reminder of a way of life all too familiar for rural America.

From the uplifting, resonating vibe of the melody to the cleverly-crafted, down-to-earth strong and honest lyrics, “Love Your Hometown” is an impenitent salute to the small-town heroes who leave home to fight for our country.  Moore has and always will shine in these moments, with an unrequited ability to tap into the country pride in each and every one of us.

Using metaphoric imagery while adding personification to a hometown’s feelings, the tune ebbs and flows its way through the heartwarming and emotionally-captivating vibe as it tells his story through the musical arrangement just as equally as through the thought-providing lyrics.

“And there ain’t one day that you don’t

Cross my mind like a southern breeze

And I’ll be right here

Waiting on you to come back to me

And I hope you know you damn sure make us proud

Love, your hometown”

From start to finish, this is an unmistakable Justin Moore track.  It’s boastful, unrepentant statement of pride and confidence and its successful efforts to make a modern song sound traditional collectively support Moore’s trademark twang to put the tune in its rightful place in the wheelhouse of what we have come to expect from the chart-topping artist over the last decade and a half.

Serving as the latest preview off Moore’s forthcoming eighth studio album, ‘This Is My Dirt,’ “Love Your Home” follows “Put A Boot In It” and “The Worst” featuring Randy Houser, as well as the record’s title track which is currently in the top 10 at country radio.

In addition to dates with Houser on their co-headlining Country Round Here tour through mid-October, Moore has additional dates scattered across the country late in the year and into early 2025.

(Review Written By: Chad Carlson/Artwork c/o The Valory Music Co.)

 

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