Every Song From Eric Church’s ‘Evangeline vs. The Machine,’ Ranked
- Eric Church released his new album, Evangeline vs. The Machine, on May 2, 2025, continuing his established country music career in Nashville.
- The album builds on Church's history of cohesive storytelling and was shaped by events like the 2023 Covenant School shooting and Hurricane Helene in 2024.
- Produced by longtime collaborator Jay Joyce, the album includes eight tracks blending country, rock, and soul with lush orchestration featuring strings, horns, and choir.
- Church donated all publishing royalties from the song "Darkest Hour" to support North Carolina hurricane relief, with the album reflecting themes of healing and creative freedom.
- Evangeline vs. The Machine marks Church's artistic evolution away from traditional country, promising a challenging yet innovative tour starting in fall 2025.
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Country Superstar Eric Church on Wanting His Adventurous New Record, ‘Evangeline vs. the Machine,’ to ‘Have Its Own Vibe, Like “Pet Sounds”… Where You Know Which Album the Songs Are From’
Country superstar Eric Church’s new album is called “Evangeline vs. the Machine,” and if you know his iconoclastic ways — iconoclastic at least by the standards of country, and probably beyond that, too — then you know which side in that titular equation he’ll be favoring. While keeping his hit streaks mostly intact and certainly maintaining his arena headliner status, Church has gone out of his way to create individual moments, whether that’s i…
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