Quick, Before It Melts.

Josh Ritter has announced details about his follow-up to 2006's The Animal Years. The new album, called The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter hits store shelves on August 21. It's Ritter's debut on new label, Sony BMG/Victor, and is sure to live up to such a grandiose and epic title.

Ritter has often been described as an heir to the singer-songwriter tradition of Bob Dylan, whose political views sit nicely alongside personal revelations in his lyrics. Musically speaking, he's a composer of the highest order; capturing the moments and emotions of the music were a priority in recording the new album. "A lot of this record is an effort to capture moments when they were at their most passionate," says Ritter, "What ties them together for me is how raw they were captured and how we maintained that rawness throughout the production."

STREAM: Josh Ritter "Right Moves" (from The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter)

Josh Ritter "Here At The Right Time" (from The Animal Years)

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