Ben Nichols - In The Heart Of The Mountain

Ben Nichols – In the Heart of the Mountain
Label: Liberty & Lament
Format: LP (2025)

Ben Nichols, frontman of Memphis rock institution Lucero, steps into new terrain with In the Heart of the Mountain—a rare solo album and one of his most personal works to date. Stripped-down and intimate, the album features Nichols on acoustic guitar and vocals, occasionally veering electric, backed by a carefully chosen ensemble.

Morgan Eve Swain (Brown Bird, The Devil Makes Three) adds haunting violin and harmonies, while Cory Branan and Todd Beene (Glossary, Chuck Ragan) lend layers of guitar and pedal steel, enriching the raw emotional weight of the songs. Recorded at Memphis’s Southern Grooves Studio with acclaimed engineer Matt Ross-Spang, the album channels Nichols’ storytelling roots with quiet power.

Reflective, vulnerable, and steeped in Southern atmosphere, In the Heart of the Mountain captures a seasoned songwriter at his most unguarded.