Andy Thomas

There’s a heaviness when you listen to Andy Thomas’ latest album, Highway Junkie. Not only from the swamp rock meets honkytonk melodies, but also the underlying tone and hard truths of this whirlwind journey of a singer-songwriter pushing into the next phase of his promising career.

“It’s crazy when you set everything aside and put your mind to something,” Thomas says. “I’m a hard worker, and this album is a product of that.”

Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Thomas has worked his way up the ranks as an electrifying guitarist up and down the East Coast, whether it’s fronting his own wild-n-out project The Trongone Band or being the six-string rocket fuel for the melodic muscle car that is acclaimed Americana act Yarn.

“I’ve known for a long time that I was wired for this life,” Thomas says of being a musician and performer. “[The road and the stage] feels like…