The Jonas Brothers Unveil ‘Greetings From Your Hometown' Cover Art Shot in Native New Jersey
As unveiled on the band's Instagram Thursday (May 29), the LP's front features a cozy photo of Kevin, Nick and Joe clinking wine glasses while dining at a restaurant. On the walls, nostalgic photographs hang in frames.
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'We went back to our hometown in New Jersey to shoot the cover for this album,' the Jo Bros revealed in their caption. 'We walked the streets we grew up on, visited the exact places where we sat while dreaming up what this band could be and felt that deep pull of where it all began.'
'There's something about being home that reminds you who you are,' the trio continued. 'This album is filled with pieces of that, lifelong influences from our childhood and the sounds that we grew up on.'
The Jonas Brothers first announced Greetings From Your Hometown at JONASCON in March. The LP will drop Aug. 8, two days after which the band will embark on a tour fittingly starting with one night at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.
'I remember buying nosebleed seats when we had just enough in our allowance to go and watch a game,' Joe recently told Billboard of playing at the stadium in his home state. 'So to be Jersey guys who grew up 10, 15 minutes away from the stadium, MetLife … It's a dream come true — to celebrate with our fans as well. And then we're starting there, it's now tradition. We have to start with New York.'
Greetings From Your Hometown comes more than two years after the brothers last released an LP, with The Album reaching No. 3 on the Billboard 200. It will also arrive on the heels of Joe's new solo album, Music for People Who Believe in Love, which dropped May 23.
See the Jo Bros' Greetings From Your Hometown cover art reveal below.
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