Burnover

Burnover
Studio album by Greg Freeman
Released	August 22, 2025 (2025-08-22)
Recorded	2023–2024 [1]
Studio	Little Jamaica (Burlington) Montrose (Los Angeles) [1]
Length	45:03
Label	Canvasback Transgressive
Producer	Benny Yurco
Greg Freeman chronology
I Looked Out (2022) Burnover (2025)
Singles from Burnover
"Point and Shoot" Released: April 23, 2025 "Curtain" Released: May 30, 2025 "Gallic Shrug" Released: June 25, 2025

Burnover is the second studio album by American alternative country musician Greg Freeman. It was released on August 22, 2025, via Canvasback and Transgressive in LP, CD and digital formats. ^{[2] [3]}

Background

The album title was adapted from the burned-over district of New York. ^[4] "Point and Shoot" was released as the album's first single on April 23, 2025. ^[4] It was followed by the second and third singles, "Curtain" and "Gallic Shrug", on May 30 and June 25, 2025. ^{[3] [5]} "Curtain" was released with a music video directed by Carl Elsaesser. ^[3]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Line of Best Fit	[6]
Paste	8.4/10 [7]

The Line of Best Fit gave the album a rating of eight out of ten, describing it as "a cauldron of ideas and attitudes, chronicling characters with hopes, fears, and traits of the American spirit." ^[6]

It received a rating of 8.4 from Paste, whose reviewer Anna Pichler referred to it as "an ambitious and largely compelling (re)introduction to one of the most essential voices currently emerging from an ongoing country-rock boom." ^[7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Greg Freeman.

Burnover track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Point and Shoot"	3:05
2.	"Salesman"	3:42
3.	"Rome, New York"	3:17
4.	"Gallic Shrug"	4:50
5.	"Burnover"	6:04
6.	"Gulch"	2:32
7.	"Curtain"	6:39
8.	"Gone (Can Mean a Lot of Things)"	2:32
9.	"Sawmill"	3:26
10.	"Wolf Pine"	8:56
Total length:		45:03

Personnel

Credits adapted from Bandcamp and Tidal. ^{[1] [8]}

• Greg Freeman – vocals, guitar, co-production (all tracks); violin (1, 3, 8), harmonica (1, 5); concertina, melodica (1); Mellotron (2), synthesizer (6); chimes, glockenspiel (10)
• Benny Yurco – production, engineering (all tracks); bass guitar (1, 3–8); choir vocals, Wurlitzer (3); slide guitar (5)
• Adrian Olsen – mixing, additional recording
• Josh Bonati – mastering
• Cam Gilmour – tenor saxophone (1, 2, 6, 8, 10), soprano saxophone (2, 6–8, 10), electric upright bass (10)
• Zack James – drums (1, 3–10), percussion (1), tambourine (3–9), shaker (7, 9), acoustic guitar (8)
• Sam Atallah – piano (1, 3–5, 7), organ (1, 6, 8), Wurlitzer (7), trumpet (8)
• Lily Seabird – background vocals, bass guitar (2, 10); choir vocals (3)
• Ben Rodgers – pedal steel guitar (2, 4, 6)
• Scott Maynard – drums (2)
• Francie Medosch – choir vocals (3)
• Jon Cox – choir vocals (3)
• Pat Coyle – background vocals (4)
• Seth Kauffman – strings (4)
• Merce Lemon – background vocals (6, 7)
• Patrick Sargent – saxophone (6)
• Scott Daniel – violin (9)

References

1. "Burnout | Greg Freeman". Bandcamp. Archived from the original on June 4, 2025. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
2. Sacher, Andrew (August 21, 2025). "Greg Freeman's Burnover is the Whole Package". BrooklynVegan . Retrieved August 24, 2025.
3. Farrell, Margaret (May 30, 2025). "Greg Freeman Shares New Single "Curtain" : Listen". Stereogum . Retrieved August 24, 2025.
4. Sacher, Andrew (April 23, 2025). "Greg Freeman announces new album Burnover, shares "Point and Shoot"". BrooklynVegan . Retrieved August 24, 2025.
5. DeVille, Chris (June 25, 2025). "Greg Freeman Shares New Single "Gallic Shrug": Listen". Stereogum . Retrieved August 24, 2025.
6. Peter, Attila (August 22, 2025). "Greg Freeman: Burnover review – attitude chronicles". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved August 24, 2025.
7. Pichler, Anna (August 22, 2025). "Greg Freeman, Burnover Album Review". Paste . Retrieved August 24, 2025.
8. "Burnover / Greg Freeman / Credits". Tidal . Retrieved August 24, 2025.