Jacob Augustine album release with Pearla and Little Oso

The singular Maine songwriter celebrates the release of I Love You Forever, his first new album in a decade, with a full band and special guests.

Jacob Augustine is an experimental folk musician from the northern woods of Maine. Over his two decades as one of the most influential and beloved vocalists and songwriters in the state, he’s reached an enigmatic, near mythic status; touring the country back and forth, releasing records in a flurry, headlining bigger and bigger stages, then disappearing from public eye for years at a time, and back again. Augustine’s records range from heavily-orchestrated, bombastic full-band affairs to raw, stripped-down solo recordings to eccentric, genre-hopping studio projects, but they always center his immediately recognizable voice. The Portland Press Herald writes, “Jacob Augustine has one gilded set of pipes. A diamond in the rough."

His latest LP, a decade in the making, features Hamilton Belk on pedal steel, Asher Platts on bass, and Peter McLaughlin on drums, with string orchestrations by Peter Broderick. I Love You Forever is out May 22nd on Team Love Records.