Asheville's Sufferin' Fools release Out of Reach, the Appalachian Americana/rock and roll band's first full length album, on Friday, December 11. After 2024's Bound to Get Burned and 2025's Forest for the Trees EP releases, comes forth a ten song “non-mainstream country meets southern roots rock” album about the things we want most—and the things we can never quite have. The veteran band as recorded is comprised of singer/songwriter/guitarist Cameron Thomas (The Delta Drift, The Corduroy Road), lead guitarist/pedal steel guitarist Andrew Wagley (Po-Boyz), bassist Christopher Bartel (Gooblar, Kitten on Fire), and drummer Pete Schreiner (Magnolia Electric Co., Thousand Arrows).
Built on honest songwriting, soaring vocal harmonies, blistering guitar leads, and aching pedal steel, these songs explore longing, regret, desire, and the bittersweet pull of chasing what stays just - Out of Reach. Recorded and mixed by Schreiner at his North Carolina studio, Carmel Corner, the band maintained its penchant for recording in a personal and live setting to capture musical moments in their truest form. Raw, soulful, and rooted in the Blue Ridge, the album carries a weighty resonance, with the band losing lead guitarist/pedal steel guitarist Andrew Wagley to a sudden and fatal illness weeks after recording concluded. While the band basks in his memory and explores a new path forward, Out of Reach becomes Wagley's lasting gift to his musical family and beyond.
Sufferin' Fools will celebrate the album release at 9pm on Saturday, December 12 at One World Brewing West in Asheville, NC for a dynamic co-bill featuring regional favorite Watkins.