DYLAN MARLOWE & CONNER SMITH - Country In The Clouds - Sony Music Nashville

Fueled not only by the fan excitement earned with recent social media teasers, but satisfying the diehards who got their first glimpses of it during their co-headlining “Did We Just Become Best Friends? Tour,” Dylan Marlowe today links back up with Conner Smith to officially release “Country In The Clouds.”

“Conner [Smith] is like a brother to me so to have this song out with him is really cool,” Marlowe said. “We had a lot of fun teasing this one before it dropped. To have a song that dives into things like faith and the special moments I had growing up with family in Georgia was a natural fit, but I think we explored those topics in a new way. Excited for everyone to hear this one!”

Written by Dylan, Brent Anderson, David Medlin, Jameson Rodgers, and Zach Abend, the atmospheric tone is immediately set within the vibe of a backwoods, country church which quickly gives way to a toe-tapping, front porch picking style that allows two of today’s young hot-shots to take their natural brand of dirt road diary pages and turn them into an intriguing bluegrass flow.

Painting pictures with a hallelujah smile in each of their respective verses of what they hope heaven will look like, Marlowe muses that he hopes his mama’s house is right down the golden street, that his old bird dog is waiting there for him, and that there’s a couple deer stands in the trees, while Smith envisions seeing his grandma again, a river full of catfish, fields full of peanuts, and plenty of homemade wine.

Though each individual carries uniqueness in their photo album of what their heaven could look like, the chorus brings together not only the similarities that are woven into each vision but the unique qualities of each dynamic voice, elevating the punch when they sing a common definition:

“Yeah, I hope there’s country in the clouds
I hope my side of heavens feels just like a little town
When it’s my time and they lay me down
The good ole boy in me just hopes
There’s country in the clouds, hallelujah”

However, not lost on either Marlowe or Smith is the centerpiece of what truly makes heaven, heaven. With a tip of their camo hat to God during the bridge, they secure that no matter how it looks when they get there, with Him in the middle of their afternoon praises it can’t be anything less than perfect.

Both Dylan Marlowe and Conner Smith are songwriters looking for that “songwriter’s song,” the type that stretches deeper than the surface to leave you thinking about it as it makes its mark on your heart. “Country In The Clouds” is that song, expertly holding within its country boy charm to who each of them are as artists while nostalgically motivating the listener to think about what their own heaven will look like when they get there.

(Review Written By: Jeffrey Kurtis)