Quartz Hill Records, a Brown Sellers Brown company, today announced the signing of soulful country pop duo 2 Lane Summer to its artist roster.

Comprised of Naperville, Illinois, native Joe Hanson and Mississippi-born Chris Ray, 2 Lane Summer has already built a strong fan base, earning more than five million streams for the duo’s meaningful original songs, written to “hit people in the heart.” With romantic country covers and clever mashup medleys, 2 Lane Summer has also amassed over 300,000 social media followers in the past year alone.

Last month, 2 Lane Summer joined celebrated country trio Chapel Hart for five dates on the Hartfelt Family Christmas Tour. Hanson had previously toured with Brantley Gilbert, Randy Houser, Russell Dickerson and Lindsay Ell.

“What first caught my attention with 2 Lane Summer was the power and emotion in their vocal harmonies,” says Brown Sellers Brown Partner Benny Brown. “The sound reminded me of the blood harmonies you usually only find with brothers. Joe and Chris are both also talented songwriters and multi-instrumentalists, and we couldn’t be more excited to welcome them to the Quartz Hill family.”

“Chris and I have been working hard as a duo for the past couple of years, and doing music our whole lives,” says Hanson. “So to finally be at a place where we can have a label team behind us is a surreal moment, and an exciting next step in the journey.”

“Signing a record deal is a lifelong dream for both of us, and we’re grateful to Quartz Hill for giving two friends this opportunity to take their music to the world,” adds Ray. “And, obviously, I’m Black and Joe’s white, so it’s cool to be a part of something that’s bigger than just us in terms of bringing people together through music.”

Fans will get their first taste of new music from 2 Lane Summer this Friday (Jan. 10), with the worldwide release of “Eyes That Ain’t Yours (Wedding Version),” a piano-led reimagining of the duo’s highest-streamed track to date. Produced by Ash Bowers, the body positive, everyday love song was co-written by Hanson and Ray with Dustin James and John Marlin.

“That’s a tune for the women in our lives who sometimes don’t realize how beautiful they are,” explains Hanson. “But they might if they could just see themselves through someone else’s eyes.”

LISTEN TO “Eyes That Ain’t Yours (Wedding Version)” HERE.

2 Lane Summer is booked by 1271 Entertainment and will be managed by Ash Bowers and Wendy Buckner at Brown Sellers Brown Management. Hanson and Ray are both ASCAP members.

About Quartz Hill Records

Quartz Hill Records is a full-service country music label led by veteran label head Benny Brown, Paul Brown, Esq. and award-winning songwriter Jason Sellers. Quartz Hill Records’ roster includes three-time GRAMMY-nominated chart-topper Joe Nichols, ACM-nominated trio Runaway June, star-on-the-rise Nate Barnes, and soulful country pop duo 2 Lane Summer. Quartz Hill Records is part of the Brown Sellers Brown footprint along with sister label Stone Country Records and BSB Management.

About 2 Lane Summer

Joe Hanson and Chris Ray may have taken different roads to Nashville – Joe migrating south from Illinois and Chris heading north from Mississippi – but when they started crossing paths in Music Row writing rooms, the fast friends soon realized how much they had in common. Both were multi-instrumentalists who’d grown up singing in church and with a musical DNA that also incorporated country and soulful pop. When Joe and Chris began to harmonize vocally, the power, precision and emotional impact of that blend quickly revealed that these two men were born to sing together. Converging as 2 Lane Summer, the duo built a strong fan base on social media before now signing with Quartz Hill Records. 2 Lane Summer’s debut music release on the label, a piano-led wedding version of the duo’s highest-streamed track to date, “Eyes That Ain’t Yours,” is scheduled for Jan. 10.