New from Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit: Stream ‘What’ve I Done to Help’

On May 15, Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit will release a new record titled Reunions. It’ll be the sixth album from the ensemble and first since 2017’s The Nashville Sound.

Today, Isbell previewed the record with a new single, the engaging “What’ve I Done to Help”:

This is the second song released from the record so far, following “Be Afraid”:

Said Isbell of the Reunions record in a statement:

“There are a lot of ghosts on this album. Sometimes the songs are about the ghosts of people who aren’t around anymore, but they’re also about who I used to be, the ghost of myself. I found myself writing songs that I wanted to write fifteen years ago, but in those days, I hadn’t written enough songs to know how to do it yet. Just now have I been able to pull it off to my own satisfaction. In that sense it’s a reunion with the me I was back then.”

Jay Buchanan of Rival Sons and the legendary David Crosby contribute background vocals, as an added bonus.

Brought a ringer into the studio to sing pic.twitter.com/D9o9wkMXPh

— Jason Isbell (@JasonIsbell) December 11, 2019

Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit — Derry deBorja (piano, keyboard, organ, omnichord), Chad Gamble (drums, tambourine), Jimbo Hart (bass), Amanda Shires (fiddle) and Sadler Vaden (acoustic guitar, electric guitar) — will spend much of the rest of 2020 on the road, catch a show:

March 26—Savannah, GA—Savannah Music Festival
March 27—St. Augustine, FL—St. Augustine Amphitheatre*
March 28—Mobile, AL—Saenger Theatre
March 29—Montgomery, AL—Montgomery Performing Arts Center
May 22—Boston, MA—Boston Calling
May 28—Akron, OH—Akron Civic Theatre†
May 29—Bethel, NY—Mountain Jam
May 30—Canandaigua, NY—Constellation Brands Marvin Sands Performing Arts‡
June 3—Philadelphia, PA—Met Opera House#
June 4—Vienna, VA—Wolf Trap+
June 5—New York, NY—Rooftop at Pier 17+
June 6—New York, NY—Rooftop at Pier 17+
June 8—Durham, NC—Durham Performing Arts Center^
June 9—Durham, NC—Durham Performing Arts Center^
June 11—Atlanta, GA—The Coca-Cola Roxy#
June 12—Atlanta, GA—The Coca-Cola Roxy#
June 13—Manchester, TN—Bonnaroo
June 18—Milwaukee, WI—Riverside Theater#
June 19—Minneapolis, MN—The Armory#
June 20—East Moline, IL—Rust Belt#
June 21—St. Louis, MO—The Stifel Theatre#
June 23—Grand Rapids, MI—DeVos Performance Hall#
June 25—Toronto, ON—Meridian Hall#
June 26—Moon Township, PA—UPMC Events Center#
June 27—Williamsburg, VA—Williamsburg Live at DeWitt Museum Lawn
June 28—Boone, NC—Schafer Center for the Performing Arts
July 18-19—Whitefish, MT—Under The Big Sky Festival
July 20—Vancouver, BC—The Orpheum§
July 21—Seattle, WA—Paramount Theatre§
July 22—Portland, OR—Theater of the Clouds§
July 24—San Francisco, CA—The Warfield Theatre§
July 25—San Francisco, CA—The Warfield Theatre§
July 26—Santa Barbara, CA—Santa Barbara Bowl§
July 28—San Diego, CA—Humphreys Concerts By The Bay§
July 29—Los Angeles, CA—The Greek Theatre§
July 31—Reno, NV—Grand Theatre at Grand Sierra Resort§
August 1—Salt Lake City, UT—Eccles Theater§
August 2—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks**
August 4—Bonner Springs, KS—Providence Medical Center Amphitheater§
August 5—Little Rock, AR—First Security Amphitheater§
August 7—Austin, TX—ACL Live at the Moody Theater§
August 8—Austin TX—ACL Live at the Moody Theater§
August 9—Dallas, TX—Bomb Factory§
August 22-23—Lexington, KY—Railbird Festival
August 29—Chicago, IL—Wrigley Field††
September 11-13—Bristol, TN—Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion
November 6—Oslo, Norway—Spektrum‡‡
November 7—Stockholm, Sweden—Stockholm Waterfront‡‡
November 8—Copenhagen, Denmark—Vega‡‡
November 10—Berlin, Germany—Festsaal Kreuzberg ‡‡
November 11—Amsterdam, Netherlands—Paradiso‡‡
November 12—Amsterdam, Netherlands—Paradiso‡‡
November 14—Antwerp, Belgium—De Roma‡‡
November 15—Koln, Germany—Gloria‡‡
November 17—London, UK—Eventim Apollo‡‡
November 18—Manchester, UK—Albert Hall‡‡
November 19—Dublin, Ireland—Olympia Theatre‡‡
*with Old Crow Medicine Show
†with Hiss Golden Messenger
‡supporting Trey Anastasio Band
#with Strand of Oaks
+with David Crosby & Friends
^with The War & Treaty
§with Billy Strings
**with Lucinda Williams
††supporting Chris Stapleton
‡‡with The Rails