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\n\tOn his 2023 full-length album, Pretty Little Poison<\/em>, Warren Zeiders covered a little-known 14-year-old Chris Stapleton song, \u201cInside Your Head,\u201d which Stapleton had recorded as part of rock duo The Jompson Brothers.<\/p>\n \n\tWhile many artists would regard a Stapleton-sung song as beyond anything they would dare attempt, the task was undaunting to newcomer Zeiders.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cIt\u2019s full circle for me. I\u2019m a huge Stapleton fan,\u201d he tells Billboard<\/em>. Zeiders includes another Stapleton song, \u201cLove on the Line\u201d on his new album, Relapse<\/em>, out Friday (Aug. 23) via Warner Records. Zeiders is perhaps one of the few country music newcomers with the growl and grit in his voice capable of making such a song his own.<\/p>\n \n\tThe Pennsylvania native grew up playing lacrosse and while a student at Maryland\u2019s Frostburg State University, a series of sports concussions forced him onto the sidelines permanently. Zeiders, 24, turned his interests to music. In December 2020, he released the original song \u201cOn the Run,\u201d and soon signed with Underscore Works\u2019 Charly Salvatore for management. He quickly followed with his breakthrough hit \u201cRide the Lightning,\u201d which has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. His EP The 717 Tapes<\/em> followed in 2021, and this February, \u201cPretty Little Poison\u201d become his first No. 1 on Billboard<\/em>\u2018s Country Airplay<\/a> chart (the song has also earned RIAA double-platinum status).<\/p>\n \n\tOn his new 10-song album, Zeiders seems poised to continue that surge, with the title track currently sitting at No. 36 on Billboard<\/em>\u2018s Hot Country Songs <\/a>chart. The album centers around a heart-shattering arc from romance to betrayal on songs including \u201cIntoxicated\u201d and \u201cStone\u2019s Throw Away.\u201d Scattered across the album are one-word titles, such as \u201cAddictions,\u201d \u201cBetrayal\u201d and \u201cIntoxicated,\u201d which draw on drug and\/or alcohol-fueled imagery, but often delve more into entanglements of the soul.<\/p>\n