Eric Church has introduced a stay album accompanying the discharge of an upcoming IMAX® live performance movie.
Evangeline vs. The Machine: Comes Alive (Unique Movement Image Soundtrack) is a 19-track recording of Church’s two performances at The Pinnacle in Nashville, Tennessee in Could 2025. The movie of the identical identify will premiere completely in IMAX theatres throughout the U.S. and Canada on February 13, 2026, the identical day that the stay album is out through MCA.
Backed by a 6-piece band, 4-piece horns, 4-piece strings, 8-piece choir and vocalist Joanna Cotten, Church carried out the Evangeline tracklist front-to-back. The gamers then launched into hits from throughout his discography. One providing, the title monitor of Church’s 2018 report Determined Man, is obtainable to listen to now.
“This live album is special.” says Church. “It has been a while since the band and I had played a large club like the Pinnacle. Those two nights were electric. And listening back, the magic of those nights has definitely been captured.”
This yr’s Evangeline vs. The Machine was Church’s followup to 2021’s triple album Coronary heart & Soul, which featured the singles “Hell Of A View” and the Grammy-nominated “Stick That In Your Country Song.”
Evangeline vs. The Machine options the only “Darkest Hour.” Launched in October 2024, Church gave the publishing royalties to the individuals of North Carolina to offer fast aid within the aftermath of Hurricane Helene whereas additionally supporting the continuing resiliency of his residence state. Church defined the album’s title throughout an interview with Rolling Stone. “The Machine is the world that we live in now. Technology-wise, it can either choke out or round the edges off creativity. So, the best stuff, the most creative stuff, has to fight the hardest to find its way, and that’s what this was.”
Church’s Free The Machine Area tour continues by way of the top of the yr alongside particular visitor Charles Wesley Godwin. The tour picks again up in 2026 and can function visitors like Caylee Hammack, Ella Langley, Stephen Wilson Jr., 49 Winchester, Kashus Culpepper, Ashley McBryde.
Take heed to Eric Church’s “Desperate Man (Live At The Pinnacle, Nashville, TN / May 24, 2025)” now.
