"Keith Richards-esque loose-tinged country." -Rolling Stone
Jerry Castle’ new song “To Feel So Good” is the first single from the singer/songwriter’s new LP Untangled. Castle sounds like a reinvigorated man on the driving genre bending earworm. Country, folk, and atmospheric classic rock are all uniquely blended to create a sense of hope and immediacy. The song is about overcoming suffering, learning to stay present and ultimately, arriving at a place where one can enjoy the simplistic beauty of life. It’s one of those rare songs where the melody is just as big of a hook as the lyric.
"Impressive! Castle knows his way around a hit song. That's right, I said hit." -No Depression
Jerry Castle has carved out a career that’s just as diverse as his musical influences, earning everything from chart-topping radio hits to critical acclaim from publications like Rolling Stone along the way. With his newest single, "To Feel So Good", Castle drives the song with his Adam Clayton Joshua Tree era bass line and the melody sounds like something The Carter Family would have sung. Raised in a rural Virginia town, just 45 minutes from where A.P. Carter was born, Jerry has always sung with a distinguishable southern drawl, even when previous albums made room for pop hooks and synthesizers too. "To Feel So Good" finds Castle merging his Appalachian roots with a reinvigorated classic rock style production, that when matched with the sharpest songwriting of his career, creates a uniquely southern fried earworm unlike anything he has created before. Epic sounding electric guitar, rolling banjo and saloon style piano leads the way, while a harmonium lays a Celtic feeling atmospheric bed.
“Castle’s potential breakthrough album” -Wide Open Country
“To Feel So Good is a song about letting go of the past and fully grounding yourself in the present," says Castle. “I was at the point in my life that I had manifested an overwhelming amount of suffering. The more I relived some of the decisions of my past, the more it hurt and I didn’t know how much more I could take. I was looking for anything to ease the suffering and through getting sober, a lot of daily reading, meditation, and yoga, I started learning to stay present. Ultimately, I started finding this feeling of being at ease and happy while doing nothing but staying present. One morning, I had this thought that if felt so good to finally feel good and that was the inspiration for this song.”
"Booze-drenched, high-energy country-rock” -The Boot
"To Feel So Good" brings a fresh perspective to Jerry’s brand of “Appalachian Soul” while also pushing ahead into new unexplored territory. This is the first single from his new album, Untangled, which will be his fourth full-length album since 2016. In 2021-2022, Jerry released 12 different singles that weren’t a part of any EP or LP.
“I’ve been through a crazy number of challenges over the past 2 ½ years and it has led me to delving deeper into living my life as an artist", Castle remarks. “Stylistically, I’ve been all over the map but I feel like my sound has really come together on this album. I feel like Untangled ties my taste and influences together in a way that is a cohesive representation of who I currently am as an artist."
During the years leading up to his 2020 LP, Midnight Testaments, Castle topped the Roots Music Folk Rock Chart for five weeks with his number-one radio hit "She Kills" while also sharing shows with fellow southern-fried genre-benders like Sturgill Simpson, Old Dominion, and Justin Townes Earle. In search of life experiences that felt every bit as colorful as his music, he lived in Los Angeles for several years, worked as a Music Row songwriter back in Nashville, and sharpened himself into a charismatic, guitar-slinging frontman with a seemingly unending string of shows. Songs like “To Feel So Good", "Strangers Again", "Beautiful Healer" and "Angeline" find him pushing the envelope once again, planting one foot in the musical terrain of his native South while pointing the other toward broader influences. The world may look different after the past three years, but Jerry is continuing to do what he's always done best: move forward.
"To Feel So Good" is an inspiring song about hurting, reflecting, transforming, and learning to lean into the magic of staying present. It is a song that is full of light and energy, and it would be right at home on your next road trip playlist. It is a song that is for those in need of a pick me up and for those that are embarking upon a fresh start.