Mike Sands announces new single and Happy Hour pre-sale

Jun 19, 2026

Mike Sands, the New York-born, Nashville-based singer-songwriter whose restless creative spirit has been carving out his own  corner of Alternative Americana Rock for over two decades, releases his powerful new single "Abandoned" today, the lead track from his forthcoming seventh studio album, Happy Hour, due July 10th on JIB Machine Records.

Produced by Lincoln Parish, the celebrated Nashville producer best known for his work with Cage the Elephant, and recorded at Siena Studios on Music Row, 'Happy Hour' is the most fully realized and emotionally wide-ranging record of Sands' career, a 12-track collection that moves between gritty rock swagger and plainspoken Americana storytelling with the ease of a man who has finally found the exact sound he has been reaching for.

“Abandoned” is now streaming worldwide and the presale for the CD version of Happy Hour is live on Jib Machine’s MerchBucket page! The vinyl version of Happy Hour is available only at Mike Sands shows and his own website. More updates regarding live shows are forthcoming.

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