Late entry: after I had already closed my list of album and EP reviews for the 9th October 2020 releases and just have been about to select songs for my playlists, I ran into the debut album by Austin Michael, which I haven’t spotted before at all. It just felt too strong to just mention it somewhere on the website – here is my view on his self-titled album.
Austin Michael – About The Artist
US-style artist bio are typically not too informative, but therefore more powerful. I unfortunately do not know too much about Austin Michael. The blonde is 17 years old and competed at American Idol last year at the age of fifteen, where he competed with his civil name, Austin M. Robinson. He is based in a Dallas suburb. Two of his songs, Country Cred and Panini, have already hit the 100k streams at Spotify.
Austin Michael – Austin Michael – Track by Track
The eleven song album lasts 38 minutes.
1. Feel It Too
The first three minutes of the album – and Austin Michael takes us in his world of country with a catchy track. Not too rocking (but not lacking guitars), the powerful modern country track feels comparably intimate. Love this starter!
2. Still Ain’t Over
Still Ain’t Over is the first country music ballad on the album. A rather traditional sound with strong steel guitar backgrounds. Beautiful one.
3. Merry Go Round
Merry Go Round is very powerful again – a very melodic good-listen modern country song, which is driven by the electric guitars. Cool sound.
4. Bleedin’ Heart
A comparably slow song with some more power in the chorus. Not really my favorite on the album, but nice melodies including violin support.
5. I Pray
To me, I Pray is the most unremarkable track on the album to me. Not a bad song at all – but even after listening to it multiple times, the slow track does not really catch me.
6. Hard To Say Goodbye
In contrast to that, Hard To Say Goodbye (acoustic version below) is amazing one. Is that dark bass voice really a teenager? Great and catching chorus. No doubt, selecting this one as a single was a good choice.
7. Things My Grandpa Said (feat. Jack Robinson)
This uptempo country song with a quite traditional touch profits a lot from the collaboration with Jack Robinson. Yee-hah, that one feels like Texas country – you will start moving when the fiddle plays its solo latest.
8. Love Song
Not too surprisingly, this one is for the emotional cowboys out there again. Close your eyes and enjoy – Austin Michael did a real beauty there.
9. She’s My Texas
A nice way to express feelings as a Texas-based artist. I would not rate the song to be one of my favorites on the album, but it is pretty solid!
10. Country Cred
Another great one on this album. Very fluent and compact modern country track. A lot of fun to listen to.
11. Honky Tonk Party
The Honky Tonk Party at the end of Austin Michael’s debut album is not as smashy as you might imagine it after listening to the other tracks – but it is fun!
Austin Michael – Austin Michael – Spotify
Here is the Spotify widget for Austin Michael’s debut album:
Austin Michael – Austin Michael – My View
Austin Michael fans might not favor my opinion too strongly – but I have to admit that I did not like his American Idol performance – it would have definitely been a “No” from my side. That simply shows how much more skilled Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie are in these music things – Austin Michael’s debut album is just amazing and a great listen. Powerful and intimate moments, which do not sound like a teenager at all. There is quite much talent in this guy – I am sure, we will hear – and enjoy – more of his songs very soon!
Debut Albums and EPs on Flyctory.com
More excitement – here are all debut albums & EPs in the Flyctory.com Media Reviews:

Bellucci Boi – Lost in Berlin EP

Durry – Suburban Legend

Melanie Wiegmann & Carl Carlton – Glory of Love

Philipp Artmann – Guten Morgen schönes Leben

TracieLynn – More Than a Bad Habit EP

Uncaved – Dogmatorraistes

Bianca James – Bianca James

Eyelar – Mistakes & Contradictions EP

Sekou – Out of Mind EP

Pascal Blenke – Gedankenspiele

Emma Steinbakken – Home

freekind. – Since Always and Forever

Kimberly Perry – Bloom EP

Brittany Warthan – No Vacancy

Oryad – Sacred & Profane

Rahel – Blessed EP

Daisy Briggs – Nice Knowing You EP

North West – Hamburg

Pat Burgener – PAT The Album

Sophia – Niemals Allein

Leony – Somewhere in Between

Kendall Lujan – Forget Me Knots EP

Brian Falduto – Gay Country

Mael & Jonas – Rocket Science

Antonia Kubas – Liebe und Musik EP

Cort Carpenter – All In

IUMA – Genug EP


Vic Allen – Some Place I’d Rather Be


Masha The Rich Man – Sheyne Ziere


Joesef – Permanent Damage


Madeline Consoer – Little Miss EP


Nicole Scholz – Nur Du


King LX – Broken Crown


Isafjord – Hjartsatjaki


Myle – Sad Boy Summer EP


David Gramberg – Where Have You Gone EP


L.S. Dunes – Past Lives


Rook Road – Rook Road



Superläuche – Superläuche


The Moon City Masters – The Famous Moon City Masters


PG Roxette – Pop-Up Dynamo!


Arny Margret – they only talk about the weather


Callista Clark – Real To Me: The Way I Feel


Allee der Diktatoren – Dieses kleine bisschen Wut


Avery Anna – Mood Swings EP


Arina – A+ (EP)


Fire Horse – Out of the Ashes


Louisa Specht – Karussell EP


Bad Baron – Ace of Hearts


David Paich – Forgotten Toys


Luna Klee – Mein Kopf, mein Bauch, mein Herz


Wooden Empire – Ghosts


HAVET – Mamas Lullaby EP


Zeitflug – Echte Freunde


Sophie Fellner – Brown Eyes EP


Berries – How We Function


Ewan Mainwood – Broken EP


RXPTRS – Living Without Death’s Permission


Rachel LaRen – Cowboys Don’t Change EP


Mary Keey – Digital Me


Jillian Jacqueline – Honestly


Monotrone – 1 (One)


Karaboom – Follow Your Heart


Avi Kaplan – Floating On A Dream


Mina Richman – Jaywalker EP


Suki Waterhouse – I Can’t Let Go


Aaron Raitiere – Single Wide Dreamer


Patrick Noe – Ich


Sophia Bel – Anxious Avoidant


Chayce Beckham – Doin’ It Right EP


Lyn Lapid – The Outsider EP


Arny Margret – intertwined


Priscilla Block – Welcome To The Block Party


Yard Act – The Overload


Conner Smith – Didn’t Go Too Far EP


Tristan Harders’ Twilight Theatre – Drifting Into Insanity


Rachel Bradshaw – Rachel Bradshaw EP


Spoon And The Forkestra – The Fondest Flinch EP


Ian Tray Band – Electricity


Musa Dagh – Musa Dagh


Nick Walker – It’s All South From Here EP


Navian – Cosmos


Flora Falls – Ankle Deep EP


Michael Heppes – Achtung Leben


Thabile – Look At The Sky EP


Tom Aquinas – XMas Greetings EP


Winter 2 – Winter 2


Paulina Wagner – Vielleicht verliebt


Simon Jela – Safe Place EP


Nox Holloway – If Only The World Didn’t Spin So Much EP


Mickey Guyton – Remember Her Name


Taylor McCall – Black Powder Soul


Power Plush – Vomiting Emotions EP


Riddy Arman – Riddy Arman


Ashland Craft – Travelin’ Kind


Freakstorm – Storm Inside My Heart


CueStack – Diagnosis:Human


Laci Kaye Booth – Laci Kaye Booth


Leah Blevins – First Time Feeling


Charli Adams – Bullseye


Callie Twisselman – Closure EP


Tigirlily – Tigirlily EP



Luna Morgenstern – Taking The Blow EP


Alexis Taylor – Ain’t No Quittin’ You EP


Kat Eaton – Talk To Me


ferdinant. – Airplanes EP


pez – All Lowercase EP


Kylie Morgan – Love, Kylie EP


Cleopatrick – Bummer


Brynn Cartelli – Based On A True Story EP


Southerland – Boot Up EP


SILVER LAKE by Esa Holopainen – SILVER LAKE by Esa Holopainen


Lori Rayne – 1926 EP


Alexander Ludwig – Alexander Ludwig EP


Allison Russell – Outside Child


Nikola – 369 EP


Jesse Keith Whitley – Breakin’ Ground


Dillon Carmichael – Hot Beer EP



Durch & Durch – Nice Aber Nutzlos


Etaoin – Bedroom Walls EP


Elvie Shane – County Roads EP


Leslie Jordan – Company’s Comin’


As Everything Unfolds – Within Each Lies The Other


Hanna Batka – Mitten in Berlin


Morgan Wade – Reckless


Schorl3 – Sprudelpop EP


Chez Kane – Chez Kane


Joey Hendricks – Between The Clouds EP


Mason Hill – Against The Wall


Hayden Joseph – Different


Bones Owens – Bones Owens


Ben Rice – Future Pretend


Carly Pearce – 29 EP


Callista Clark – Real To Me EP


Dustin Bird – Unscripted


Colton Chapman – Can’t Hide The Truth EP


Alex Hall – Six Strings EP


Don Marco & Die Kleine Freiheit – Gehst Du Mit Mir Unter


Jake Hoot – Love Out Of Time EP


Matt Wynn – Matt Wynn EP


Willie Jones – Right Now


Bow Anderson – New Wave EP


Petric – Flashbacks


Tanner Sparks – Living A Nightmare


Cody Weaver – Southern Noise EP


Brian Callihan – Brian Callihan


The Highway Women – The Highway EP


Roman Alexander – Between You & Me


Kameron Marlowe – EP


Averlanche – Life’s Phenomenon


Eric Ethridge – Good With Me


Alexander Eder – Schlagzeilen


Emily Rose: The Heart EP


Charlotte Ave – Women of Country


Mira Goto – Nobody Warned Me EP


Artificial Eden – Artificial Eden


Kelsy Karter – Missing Person


Diana DeMuth – Misadventure


Tommy Atkins – Kiss Me, Cowboy EP


Hardy – A Rock


Tiffany Johnson – Tiffany Johnson EP


Caylee Hammack – If It Wasn’t For You


Cory Marks – Who I Am


Sarah Zucker – Wo Mein Herz Ist


Gabby Barrett – Goldmine



Marie Reim – 14 Phasen


Jaime Wyatt – Neon Cross


Chris Bandi – Chris Bandi EP


Phavors – Petals EP


Maple & Rye – For Everything


Hot Country Knights – The K Is Silent


Bob Fitzgerald – Another Highway EP


Bree Doster – Bree Doster EP


Natalie Shay – Naked EP


Twinnie – Hollywood Gypsy


A Choir of Ghosts – An Ounce of Gold


The Cumberland River Project – The Cumberland River Project (Album Review)


Henriette – Henriette EP


Shadowmass – Shadowmass (Album Review)


Blanco Brown – Honeysuckle & Lightning Bugs


Meghan Patrick – Wild As Me EP


Andy Clark – I Love Joyce Morris


Runaway June – Blue Roses


Lauren Jenkins – No Saint (Album Review)


Catherine McGrath – Talk of This Town (Album Review)
Postings about Cologne
Here are all postings about my home town Cologne:


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 15 September 2023)


Randall King (15th September 2023, Cologne)


The Blackwhitecolorful – Brace for Impact


Mo-Torres – Heute war alles Besser


Pullman Cologne


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 04 August 2023)


Mercure Hotel Severinshof Cologne City


Mercure Cologne City Friesenstrasse


German Athletics Nationals 2023 – Day 2 Track (9th July 2023)


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 23 June 2023)


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 16 June 2023)


The Deslondes (6th June 2023, Cologne)


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 02 June 2023)


Everette & Austin Jenckes (23rd May 2023, Cologne)


Kip Moore (14th May 2023, Cologne)


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 12 May 2023)


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 28 April 2023)


The Longest Johns (21st April 2023, Cologne)


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 31 March 2023)


Wolfgang Petry – Stark wie wir


AnnenMayKantereit – Es ist Abend und wir sitzen bei mir


Five Years of Flyctory.com – My 20 Most Popular Travel Posts (so far…)


Julian Taylor (15th February 2023, Cologne)


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 27 January 2023)



IUMA – Genug EP


Kane Brown (27th January 2023, Cologne)


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 13 January 2023)


Groenalund – #lovestorm


Wasserturm Hotel Cologne (Curio Collection by Hilton)


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 30 December 2022)


ICE 3neo High-Speed Rail First Class (Pictured Story)


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 09 December 2022)


Neufundland – Grind


Brett Young (19th November 2022, Cologne)


Milky Chance (18th November 2022, Cologne)


Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Nik Wallner (November 2022)


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 04 November 2022)



Superläuche – Superläuche


Alexander Ludwig (2nd November 2022, Cologne)


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 28 October 2022)


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 21 October 2022)


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 14 October 2022)


Rock of Ages – International Dates of the Musical in 2023


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 16 September 2022)


Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Lindsay Ell (before her Cologne Show in Aug 2022)


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 02 September 2022)


Lindsay Ell (with Kyle Daniel & Shy Carter, 23rd August 2022, Cologne)


Gipsy Kings & More Than Words (11th August 2022, Cologne)


Marie Reim – Bist Du dafür bereit?


Pete Wolf Band – Crosswalk To Nowhere EP


KölnTriangle Cologne View – a great View of Cologne


Kasalla – Rudeldiere


Johnossi (12th June 2022, Cologne)


Dan O’ Clock – Seelenhippie EP


The Lounge Cologne/Bonn Airport (CGN)


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 27 May 2022)


Mrs. Greenbird – Love You To The Bone


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 25 March 2022)


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 11 March 2022)


Following The Pittsburgh Penguins in March 2022 (Day 1, 10th March 2022)


Premier Inn Cologne City South


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 18 Feb 2022)


KEC “Die Haie” Cologne – ESC Planegg-Würmtal 1-6 (1-2, 0-1, 0-3)


Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 21 Jan 2022)


Flyctory.com Best Ones 2021


Some Non-Country Christmas Songs 2021


My Top 15 Airports Flown – With Some Brief Thoughts


Cat Ballou – Alles Bunt


Wolfgang Petry – Auf das Leben


Hyatt Regency Cologne


The Twelve Best Flights Of My Life (… so far)


Moxy Cologne Bonn Airport


MyWellness Cologne – Renting a Private Spa Experience



Luna Morgenstern – Taking The Blow EP


Paul Weber – Alles im Arsch EP



Durch & Durch – Nice Aber Nutzlos


Songs Of My Life: Nino De Angelo – Jenseits von Eden


Klee – Trotzalledem


Country Music Picks – The German Songs (28th April 2021)


Sarah Lombardi – Im Augenblick


A Walk Through Cologne / Bonn Airport Terminal at Covid-19 Times (Pictured Story)


Songs Of My Life: John Miles – Music


PeterLicht – Beton Und Ibuprofen


Nino de Angelo – Gesegnet und Verflucht


Rhine Cable Car (Kölner Seilbahn) Cologne


Cologne – My Ten Favorite Songs About My Home Town


taku Dining Box in Cologne – Gourmet Food at Home


Chocolate Museum Cologne (Schokoladenmuseum)


Bläck Fööss – 5Ö


Maritim Hotel Cologne


bett1HULKS Championship 2020: Krawietz / Mies (GER) – A. Zverev / M. Zverev (GER) 6-4 7-5


bett1HULKS Championship 2020: Gilles Simon (FRA) – Denis Shapovalov (CAN) 6-1 4-6 6-2


bett1HULKS Championship 2020: Sharan (IND) / Sandgren (USA) – Marach (AUT) / Pavic (CRO) 4-6 2-6


bett1HULKS Championship: Egor Gerasimov (BLR) – Daniel Altmaier (GER) 6-1 6-0


bett1HULKS Championship: Jordan Thompson (AUS) – Gilles Simon (FRA) 3-6 5-7


bett1HULKS Championship 2020: Sumit Nagal (IND) – Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) 6-3 (4)6-7 1-6


bett1HULKS Indoors 2020: Hubert Hurkacz (POL) vs. Mischa Zverev (GER) 6-4 6-3


bett1HULKS Indoors 2020: Davidovich Fokina / Verdasco (ESP) – Masur / Molleker (GER) 3-6 6-1 10-8


bett1HULKS Indoors 2020: Gonzales (MEX) / K. Skupski (GBR) – Nielsen (DEN) / Puetz (GER) 4-6 6-1 10-5


bett1HULKS Indoors 2020: Sharan (IND) / Withrow (USA) – Herbert / Mahut (FRA) 3-6 3-6


Watching Cologne from Europa Rad Ferris Wheel


Four Countries, Four Trains – A Trip on Tracks (Day 4, 10th August 2020)



Marie Reim – 14 Phasen


Women Soccer Bundesliga is back – But some Girls score in a different Way


Björn Heuser (28th May 2020, Drive-In Show, Bonn)


“Climbing” the Monte Troodelöh, Cologne’s Highest Point


Mrs. Greenbird: Strong Crowdfunding Start for New Album


Car Watch – A new Pop-up Drive-in Cinema in Cologne


Cologne/Bonn Airport during Covid-19 Times (Pictured Story)


Cologne DRIVE IN Movies – More than the Covid-19 Alternative


Brett Eldredge / Lauren Jenkins (24th January 2020, Cologne)


Historic Mustard Mill Cologne


Noah Guthrie (9th December 2019, Cologne)


Cologne Old Town Christmas Market


Cologne Stadtgarten Christmas Market


Cologne Cathedral / Roncalli Square Christmas Market


Björn Heuser – Kopp voll Dräum (Nashville Recordings)


Cologne Harbor Christmas Market at Chocolate Museum


Mrs. Greenbird (Frankfurt, 7th November 2019)


Ben Zucker & Van De Forst (6th November 2019, Cologne)


Willie Jones & Tyler Rich (29th October 2019, Cologne)


Logan Mize (26th October 2019, Cologne)


Scotty McCreery (24th October 2019, Cologne)


Jillian Jacqueline & Lauren Jenkins (9th September 2019, Cologne)


Wade Bowen (6th August 2019, Cologne)


SV Menden – 1. FC Köln 3:5 (0:3) (31st July 2019)


The Scherz-Tour – A Different RheinEnergieSTADION Cologne Tour


Mrs. Greenbird – Dark Waters (Review)


Very Important Postings – July to December 2018


The Eau de Cologne Giants – 4711 vs. Farina


Flying with VLM from Cologne to Antwerp


SV Menden – 1. FC Köln 0:1 (0:1) (2018 pre-season)


History of Gaming in Cologne’s City Museum


Six Intercontinental Flight Weekend – Day 1 (Trip Report)


Please pass on this contact info to Austin Michael
http://www.615Boys.com
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We are looking to contact him in regards to a proposal and his managers email bounces back
I cannot assist you. I am not in contact with the artists. I either receive albums via promotion agencies / platforms or via Spotify / Amazon Music.