After the success of her fiery 2024 LP, Baptized By The Blaze, Nashville outlaw siren India Ramey is back with Villain Era, set for release on May 8, 2026, via Copoco Records/Blue Ãˆlan. Baptized By The Blaze was the story of Rameyâ€™s journey through the fire, a harrowing passage toward healing and empowerment. Villain Era is firmly rooted in her own reckoning; it doesnâ€™t ask for permission, it kicks the door wide open. â€œThis album is the â€˜healedâ€™ me,â€ Ramey says. â€œI didnâ€™t know how to have boundaries because I was such a people pleaser. If my boundaries offend you, Iâ€™ll happily play the villain in that story.â€ Ramey left the South for the first time to record in Los Angeles with two-time Grammy-nominated producer Eric Corne. Together, they built a soundscape as cinematic as it is cathartic, with a powerhouse band including Ted Russell Kamp, Eugene Edwards, Chris Masterson, Eleanor Whitmore, Kevin Brown, Boo Bernstein, and Haley Spence Brown. The result is Villain Era: ten spaghetti westernâ€“meetsâ€“honky tonk vignettes penned solely by Ramey, laced with grit, gallows humor, and emotional precision. With five studio albums under her belt, Ramey continues to be one of country musicâ€™s fiercest truth-tellers. Now, with Villain Era, she stands unapologetically in her power, delivering songs that cut deep and laugh loud, songs that balance the weight of lived experience with the freedom of release.

Tracklist:

We Ride At Dawn
Welcome To My Villain Era
Scattered And Smothered
Six Feet Under
Cryin' In My Lingerie
Nobody's Coming
Dead To Me
Cult Money
Red Red Roses
Ghost Town

UPC: 199806061992
Label: Blue Elan Records
Release Date: 5.8.26
Format: CD

India Ramey - Villain Era (CD)