Heavy Thrill
Heavy Thrill, recorded at Johnny Cash’s cabin, follows the North Carolina native as he launches his own label, prepares to become a parent, and grapples with anxiety
No sooner had Caleb Caudle written “Heavy Thrill” than he became mystified by the song.
“This life that I live, it comes with amazing highs and incredible lows, and there’s a lot of sacrifice,” Caudle says. “But there’s all these moments that you get to have and you just couldn’t get there without all that sacrifice. I just kept coming back to that — the cyclical-ness of it all.”
The tune became the title track to Heavy Thrill, Caudle’s ninth studio album and first since 2024’s Sweet Critters. Heavy Thrill dropped earlier this month on Caudle’s startup label, Handplow Records.
