Band Reeves

Band Reeves

How To Forgive

Release Date: Aug. 21, 2026 (Centricity Music)

 You can hear tires on the gravel road before headlights ever come into view in the place Jeramy and Cody Reeves call home. The brothers and their families share a plot of land with their parents and grandparents in Palestine, Texas. The siblings, known as Band Reeves, are third generation construction workers, but their true calling is embodied in their music, a hybrid of acoustic-grounded storytelling and spiritually fueled country. That calling has taken them across the country, most recently playing to capacity crowds each night on Ben Fuller’s “The Black Sheep Tour” ahead of their record label debut, How To Forgive, via Centricity Music.

On How To Forgive, listeners meet Band Reeves mid-story, in a formative season of raising young children, but their narrative starts when they were just kids themselves. When they weren’t spending their childhood outside bowfishing, bowhunting or splashing in the creek, Jeramy and Cody were at church. Their dad was a pastor, and they were a part of the fabric of that small congregation before they could walk. Music was something they always enjoyed, but not something they were necessarily serious about.

Cody sang his first church solo when he was three; Jeramy picked up the guitar at 12. Through the years, the preacher’s kids started leading worship together and eventually writing songs. “Growing up, we were just so different,” Jeramy says of the relationship he shares with his younger brother. “In a lot of ways, music was the glue that kept us together. And though there was friction sometimes, now I consider Cody to be my best friend.”

It was only after Jeramy had a transformational encounter with Christ that the pair decided to pursue music wholeheartedly. Although he made a public profession of faith at 12, it wasn’t until he was 23 that Jeramy experienced a real relationship with Jesus. “I made a lot of stupid decisions as a teenager,” he admits. “I was walking further and further away from what I knew was true.”

Meanwhile, Jeramy’s wife had a life-changing encounter with the Lord at 18, the same year they were married. “I just watched God radically change her, and that challenged me in a lot of ways,” the oldest Reeves brother reflects, “in the way she was living and handling our marriage, and in the way she could forgive and move forward.”

When divorce entered the conversation, Jeramy found himself at a crossroads. “I got on my knees at two o’clock in the morning, put my face in the gravel, and I asked God to save me,” he remembers. “When I stood up from that little heart-to-heart with Jesus, God started radically changing me, and He healed my marriage.”

Today, Jeramy and his wife have been married for 15 years; and his conversion story is written into the lived-in lyrics of Band Reeves’ radio debut, “If I Didn’t Have You,” a song about choosing to build your life on a firm foundation. “If it were not for Jesus stepping into my life, I would be an absolute train wreck,” Jeramy says of the truth behind the single.

While Jeramy was running from God, Cody was running from his purpose. “I knew that music was what God had called me to, but I didn’t think it was happening quick enough. I took life into my own hands, and it led me to a place of misery,” he confesses, saying he took a nine-to-five job before feeling convicted to tender his two weeks’ notice. “When I took on the calling God had for me, I started chasing after the Lord,” he continues. “Our music career could crash and burn tomorrow, but there is so much freedom in knowing we’re saying ‘yes’ to whatever God has for us.”

The brothers explore this sentiment on the backwoods-flavored, harmony-laced “Outrun You.” “God is so persistent, even when we are running away from Him,” Jeramy affirms. “Ultimately, you can’t outrun the Lord; you’re always going to continue running into Him, over and over. I’m just thankful He continued to chase me and Cody, both.”

These days, Jeramy and Cody are chasing kids. Jeramy is the father of nine; Cody is the father of two; and family is at the forefront of everything they do, including music. “We are called to do this, but it’s not just me and Cody; it’s our whole family,” Jeramy asserts. “It’s our wives, our kids, our parents — everybody is vital.”

And while every single family member is essential to making the brothers’ dream a reality, forgiveness is also required, as the album’s confessional title cut attests. As brothers, husbands, fathers and sons, Jeramy and Cody have learned the strongest thing they can do is freely forgive the ones they love. It’s a lesson that plays out in real time across How To Forgive as Band Reeves comes to terms with what it means to embrace grace over guilt and humility over pride.

“Love You To Death” emphasizes the way Jesus showed us ultimate forgiveness on a cross; while early favorite “Devil Drive,” which Jeramy and Cody co-wrote with Walker Hayes and Kyle Williams, was inspired by a friend sentenced to prison, whose story displays the hope of unconditional mercy.

Meanwhile, “Big Shoes” is a sentimental ode to the Reeves patriarch, a lifelong bivocational minister, who is always the first to apologize when conflict arises. “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.”

Elsewhere, “That Old Man” reads like the prequel to “Big Shoes.” Tributing the brothers’ grandfather, “That Old Man” reflects on a lineage of alcoholics who wanted nothing to do with religion until one man — their dad’s dad — made a decision to genuinely follow the Lord. “We want people to know, no matter where you come from or what your family line looks like, a son doesn’t have to be like his father,” Jeramy offers. “You can be the first one in your family to break the chain.”

While numerous selections honor the legacy of their loved ones, other tracks introduce Band Reeves’ rural roots. “Front Porch Church” emphasizes the importance of starting the day in God’s Word, while “My Country” captures a lifestyle fueled by small town values.

At its core, however, How To Forgive is an evolving picture of what it looks like to wrestle with your faith and your humanity at the same time. “Forgiveness isn’t pretending the hurt never happened. It’s choosing freedom over bitterness,” Jeramy offers. “It’s trusting God enough to release what you’ve been carrying.”

That type of authentic surrender is felt in the project’s final benediction, “Hold On To Jesus.” Band Reeves co-penned the poignant album closer with David Leonard shortly after beginning their partnership with Centricity, while holding an equal measure of excitement and uncertainty. Since then, they’ve discovered faith is built one ‘yes’ at a time. “We’re not called to figure tomorrow out,” Jeramy asserts. “We’re called to say ‘yes’ today, and that’s what a life of following Jesus looks like.”

For now, that journey has led Band Reeves toward a dozen handcrafted songs about real, everyday people and real, everyday life. How To Forgive kicks up some dust with plainspoken language that feels like a favorite pair of scuffed-up boots as the brothers forge their own unique path on a patch of back 40 dirt.

Blue-collar living, big family dinners and campfire worship converge on the 12-track collection colored by testimonies that showcase how the Lord has radically changed these two brothers. The evidence is hidden in plain sight in the songs they’re writing, the kids they’re raising and the lives they’re building. “God uses anybody and everybody. I mean, we’re nothing special,” Cody offers. “We’re just a couple of rednecks from a small town in East Texas, but God’s called us to do this, and He’s opened the doors. And for us, it’s all an opportunity to share Jesus.”