Ruby Dice released Take Me Back on August 28 through Gitcha Records. The 10-track album is both her first full-length record and an unusually explicit document of Austin’s working-music community: a band-led production filled with local guests, recorded in an Austin-area studio and paired with a documentary about making a life in music.
KUTX returned to the record on September 11 by naming “Dress To Impress,” Dice’s collaboration with Shinyribs, its Song of the Day. That timely spotlight is a useful entry point, but the album’s bigger story is the network behind it—players and writers whose relationships become part of the subject as well as the sound.
Release
A 10-track album released August 28
- Release date
- August 28, 2026
- Label
- Gitcha Records
- Details
- 10 tracks · 36 minutes
Take Me Back is a 10-song album released by Gitcha Records. Ruby Dice’s official site identifies August 28 as the album and documentary release date, while the label’s current catalog lists the record among its recent releases. Spotify’s album page confirms the 10-track sequence and the 2026 Gitcha Records copyright.
The sequence moves from “Stories” through character sketches and working-musician songs before closing with the title track. Rather than treating Austin as scenery, the record keeps returning to the people, neighborhoods and tradeoffs that shape a musician’s life here.
Listen through Gitcha Records ↗Guide
The band produced the record together
- When
- Recorded before the August release
- Where
- Buds Recording Services
- Lineup / admission
- Produced by the Ruby Dice Band
The Ruby Dice Band produced the album, with Dice on bass and vocals, Calloway Ritch on guitar, Jeff Sanders on drums and percussion, David Thacker on keys and Simon Paige on pedal steel. Bass Magazine’s release announcement identifies Buds Recording Services as the recording location, Sam Patlove as engineer and mixer, and Andrew Hernandez as mastering engineer.
That division of labor matters to the record’s premise. Take Me Back is not framed as a solo songwriter hiring anonymous support; the working band is part of the production identity, and the guest list extends the same collaborative model outward.
Read the album announcement ↗Artist
Austin collaborators are built into the songs
- When
- Across the full album
- Where
- Austin music community
- Sound
- Shinyribs, Nakia, Suzanna Choffel and more
The credited guest list includes Shinyribs, Nakia, Suzanna Choffel, Jordan Matthew Young, Grey Horse, Scott Strickland, Sean McHargue, Garrett Jay Brown and Sophia Johnson. Several guests are not ornamental cameos: their voices and perspectives help define individual songs.
“Little Big Town” features Nakia; “Country Show” includes Suzanna Choffel; Garrett Jay Brown appears on “Cosplay Cowboy”; and “Dress To Impress” brings in Shinyribs. The result is closer to a community portrait than a conventional feature-heavy album assembled for name recognition.
See Ruby Dice’s official album page ↗Release
“Dress To Impress” is the timely way in
- Release date
- KUTX Song of the Day · September 11, 2026
- Where
- KUTX 98.9
- Details
- Ruby Dice featuring Shinyribs
KUTX selected “Dress To Impress” as its Song of the Day on September 11. The station describes Dice as an Austin-based bassist and Americana songwriter and identifies Shinyribs as the guest who opens the track.
The selection gives listeners a direct route into the album’s blend of honky-tonk energy, soulful vocals and local collaboration. It also confirms that Take Me Back remains in active Austin-music circulation two weeks after its release, rather than being a retrospective catalog story.
Hear KUTX’s Song of the Day ↗Guide
The companion film makes the process visible
- When
- Released with the album project
- Documentary
- Making a Life Out of Art
- Lineup / admission
- A film about Austin’s music scene
Dice’s official site pairs the record with Making a Life Out of Art, a documentary about the Austin music scene. The official trailer follows Dice through the work, community and persistence behind a local music career, giving the album’s collaborative idea a second form.
That pairing is especially useful for musicians. The record shows the finished performances; the film centers the less visible relationships and labor that make them possible. Together they turn an album release into a practical study of how an independent Austin project gets built.
Watch the official documentary trailer ↗Guide
Start with the single, then hear the sequence
- When
- Verified September 12, 2026
- Where
- Official artist, label and streaming pages
- Lineup / admission
- Album and documentary are available now
Begin with KUTX’s featured “Dress To Impress” if you want the quickest introduction, then play the album in order. The opening and closing songs frame the project around Austin, while the middle of the record widens into characters, touring and the economics of creative work.
Use Ruby Dice’s site or Gitcha Records for current official links. The August 29 release show has already happened, so this guide does not present it as an upcoming event; the current action is listening to the album and exploring the companion documentary.
Visit Ruby Dice’s official site ↗Quick answers
Ruby Dice’s Take Me Back: quick answers
When did Ruby Dice release Take Me Back?
Take Me Back was released August 28, 2026, through Gitcha Records.
How many tracks are on Take Me Back?
The album has 10 tracks, beginning with “Stories” and ending with “Take Me Back.”
Which Austin artists appear on the album?
Guests include Shinyribs, Nakia, Suzanna Choffel, Jordan Matthew Young, Grey Horse, Scott Strickland, Sean McHargue, Garrett Jay Brown and Sophia Johnson.
Where was Take Me Back recorded?
The album was recorded at Buds Recording Services, engineered and mixed by Sam Patlove, and mastered by Andrew Hernandez.
What is Making a Life Out of Art?
It is Ruby Dice’s companion documentary about the Austin music scene and the community behind an independent music career.
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