Brothers Jeramy and Cody Reeves launch their debut album with Centricity Music and hit the road this fall with Ben Fuller. The Palestine, Texas-raised duo known as Band Reeves officially enters its next chapter today with the release of How To Forgive, its debut album for Centricity Music. The 12-song collection blends country-rooted storytelling, close sibling harmonies and unapologetically faith-centered songwriting, drawing from the brothers' experiences as husbands, fathers and sons.
The album arrives as Band Reeves prepares to take its music on the road, joining Ben Fuller for The Black Sheep Tour, launching Oct. 2. How To Forgive finds the Reeves brothers exploring the tension between grace and guilt, humility and pride, family history and personal choice. Rather than presenting faith as something neatly resolved, the album documents an ongoing process of learning to surrender, trust and move forward. “We’re not called to figure tomorrow out,” Jeramy Reeves says. “We’re called to say ‘yes’ today, and that’s what a life of following Jesus looks like.”
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That perspective is perhaps most clearly captured on “Hold On To Jesus,” the album's closing track. Co-written by Band Reeves with David Leonard and Molly Kate Kestner, the song took shape shortly after the brothers began their partnership with Centricity Music — a moment marked by equal parts anticipation and uncertainty. The result serves as a fitting benediction for an album centered on faith as a daily decision rather than a finished destination.
Throughout How To Forgive, Band Reeves leans into the kind of personal songwriting that has helped the brothers build an audience well before signing with a label. “Love You To Death” reflects on the ultimate expression of forgiveness, while “Devil Drive,” co-written with Walker Hayes and Kyle Williams, draws inspiration from the story of a friend sentenced to prison and the possibility of redemption through unconditional mercy. Family history takes center stage on “Big Shoes,” a heartfelt tribute to the brothers' father, a lifelong bivocational minister whose example shaped their understanding of faith, marriage, fatherhood and hard work. “He’s the man I want to be,” Cody says. “My dad modeled what it looked like to be a godly husband and a godly father, how to take care of your wife and provide for your family. He also really instilled the value of hard work in us.”
“That Old Man” looks further back, examining the family's history with addiction and the transformation that began when the brothers' grandfather chose to follow Jesus. For Jeramy, that story carries a message that extends beyond his own family. “We want people to know that no matter where you come from or what your family line looks like, a son doesn’t have to be like his father,” he says. “You can be the first one in your family to break the chain.” Elsewhere, the album moves between intimate reflections, declarations of faith and songs rooted in everyday life. “If I Didn’t Have You” highlights the duo's signature harmonies, while “Outrun You” showcases their melodic country sensibilities. “My Country” brings together faith and personal values, and “Front Porch Church” turns an ordinary setting into a reminder of the importance of beginning each day grounded in Scripture.
Raised in Palestine, Texas, as preachers' kids, Jeramy and Cody Reeves grew up around faith, family and music. Their songwriting developed from the rhythms of rural life — family dinners, hard work, front-porch conversations and the challenges that come with growing up and raising families of their own. Before signing with Centricity Music, the brothers spent years cultivating an audience independently, developing a sound that sits at the intersection of contemporary country and Gospel music. Now, with How To Forgive, Band Reeves is introducing that story to a broader audience.
The album marks not simply a label debut, but a snapshot of two brothers embracing the idea that redemption is rarely a single moment. Sometimes, it is a choice made repeatedly — one song, one relationship and one “yes” at a time. And this fall, they'll take that message from the studio to the stage alongside Ben Fuller as The Black Sheep Tour gets underway Oct. 2. How To Forgive is available now on streaming and digital platforms.