New Radio Single, “Hypocrite,” Impacts Country Radio this coming Monday, 1/10/22

 30 Early “Hypocrite” Adds In with 76 Stations Already Spinning

Sidewalk Records recording artist Ruthie Collins continues to share her dreamy Country music with Cold Comfort +, an expanded version of her critically-acclaimed 2020 release, Cold Comfort, available today. Listen to the extended album HERE. With support from around the globe, including one of her biggest fans – the BBC’s Bob Harris – the new year looks to be Ruthie Collins’ biggest one yet.

Cold Comfort + features new track, “Hypocrite,” which impacts at Country Radio on Monday, 1/10/22. Co-written with fellow artist, best friend, and Runaway June member Natalie Stovall, “Hypocrite” finds Collins working with a full band once again, pitting the lush sounds of pedal steel and Telecaster guitar against a storyline about the introspective wreckage of a messy breakup. It’s a cathartic combination that underscores her ability to blend various sounds into her own potent Country delivery. Watch the show-stopping music video, which debuted exclusively with CMT, HERE.

Collins shares, “I hope ‘Hypocrite’ lets people know that even though we’re all trying our best to keep it together, there’s so much freedom in owning your emotions — in moving through them instead of blocking them — and that there is true healing and love on the other side.”

Praised by Billboard for its mix of “ethereal vocals alongside soaring string features, minimal piano parts, and delicate percussion,” Cold Comfort was originally released during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Unable to tour behind the album, Collins temporarily left her adopted hometown of Nashville and headed home to her mother’s place in upstate New York. There, she recorded acoustic renditions of three Cold Comfort

highlights: “Hey Little Girl,” “Joshua Tree,” and “Wish You Were Here.” Those homemade, reimagined

versions all appear on Cold Comfort +, demonstrating Collins’ ability to deliver a knockout performance with little more than her voice and an acoustic guitar.

Featuring co-production from Wes Harllee and mixes by GRAMMY®-winner Ryan Freeland, Cold Comfort + is available now HERE.

 About Ruthie Collins:

Raised on a grape farm in Fredonia, New York, Ruthie Collins fell in love with music from an early age. She learned about the classical world from her mother, a pianist and organist, and the gospel world from church, where she sang in the choir, but it was the radio that first introduced her to the magic of pop and country, and she spent her formative teenage years enamored with the stories and melodies that lit up the dial. After college, Collins spent five years writing songs and waiting tables in Nashville before landing a deal with Curb Records. Named to CMT’s prestigious “Next Women Of Country” series, Collins began turning heads almost immediately with a series of critically acclaimed releases and showstopping festival performances that prompted the LA Times to praise her “sunny demeanor” and Rolling Stone to rave that “Collins’ voice has the fluttery nuances more common in Seventies Laurel Canyon than in modern country.” Her latest album, ‘Cold Comfort’, a captivating blend of cinematic roots, intimate folk, and old-school country, is available everywhere.

 About Curb Records

Celebrating 58 years in business, Curb Records is one of the world’s leading independent music companies. Owned and operated by Mike Curb since 1964, Curb Records has achieved 435 number one records, over 1,500 Top Ten records and charted over 4,500 total records. With over a half century in operation, Curb Records has been influential in the careers of some of the biggest names in music, including: Tim McGraw, Hank Williams, Jr., Rodney Atkins, Lee Brice, LeAnn Rimes, The Judds, Dylan Scott, Sawyer Brown, Wynonna, Lyle Lovett, Jo Dee Messina, Hal Ketchum and Desert Rose Band, among many others. Today’s roster includes some of the top names across multiple genres of music. For more information, visit www.curb.com.