Zach Bryan Doubles Down with Raw ‘With Heaven On Top (Acoustic)’ Companion Album

Just days after letting With Heaven On Top loose on the world, Zach Bryan does what he’s always done best: he pulls everything back to the bone.

Zach Bryan by Lucas Creighton

On the heels of the album’s January 9 release, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter has unveiled With Heaven On Top (Acoustic)  a raw, 24-song companion that strips the project down to nothing but voice, guitar, and nerve. No polish. No padding. Just songs, as they were written to survive.

Released digitally as a sprawling two-disc set, With Heaven On Top (Acoustic) reimagines the album’s full emotional arc. Disc 1 offers acoustic versions of the record’s core tracks, each rendered with an intimacy that feels less like a release and more like a late-night confession. Disc 2 houses the original 25-track album, bringing the total to a staggering 49 songs, a testament to Bryan’s restless creative output and his refusal to edit himself into something smaller.

Recorded, written, and produced entirely by Bryan over the last several months in Tulsa, Oklahoma, With Heaven On Top marked his sixth studio album and perhaps his most inward-looking yet. The acoustic version only sharpens that focus. Songs like “Runny Eggs,” “Santa Fe,” and “South and Pine” feel newly exposed, their lyrical weight landing heavier without a band to soften the blow. Elsewhere, tracks such as “Rivers and Creeks” and “You Can Still Come Home” unfold with a quiet, almost sacred reverence, reminders that Bryan’s greatest strength has always been emotional honesty over sonic excess.

The alternative cover art mirrors that ethos: understated, unguarded, and deeply personal. It’s less about reinvention than revelation, proof that these songs don’t need embellishment to resonate.

With Heaven On Top arrived as a defining statement in Bryan’s catalog, and the acoustic release cements that claim. This is not a deluxe add-on or a fan-service afterthought. It’s a second lens through which to experience what is arguably his most introspective work to date, a body of songs that wrestles with love, loss, faith, and the quiet spaces in between.

As Bryan prepares to take With Heaven On Top on the road for his 2026 tour, tickets on sale now, the acoustic set feels like an invitation. Come closer. Sit still. Listen carefully.

Because when you take away the noise, what’s left is Zach Bryan at his most human — and at his best.