Beck has announced Ride Lonesome, his first new album in seven years. The 12-song collection is due out on September 18th through Capitol Records. Along with sharing details of the LP, he’s also revealed a new single called “In the Night.”
For the new album, Beck recorded with Smokey Hormel, Joey Waronker, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Roger Joseph Manning Jr., and Jason Falkner, a group who previously accompanied him on albums including Sea Change, Morning Phase, and Mutations. Nigel Godrich, who also worked on Sea Change and Mutations, mixed all of the songs.
“It had been a decade since we went in the studio and recorded Morning Phase. This time It felt like the playing and the chemistry had evolved and deepened— a sound that’s come together over the decades of working together,” Beck said in a statement. “While we were revisiting a musical and physical place, it also felt like we were finding new sounds and emotional textures along the way.” Fans can pre-order the album here.
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With “In the Night,” the song’s softness, made from nylon-string finger picking for melody and rhythm with upright bass, belies a deceptively lush orchestral arrangement, melding simplicity with deep musicality. The song forgoes traditional structuring, and instead builds up the arrangement before reverting to a lonely guitar. The song was produced by Beck and mixed by Nigel Godrich. A video was also released starring French actor Denis Lavant and directed by previous Beck collaborator Mikai Karl.
Beck previously released the lead single “Ride Lonesome” in April and followed it up with a duet version featuring Sierra Ferrell in June.
In support of the album, Beck will embark on a North American tour in September.
Beck put out an album of rarities and covers, Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime, in February.
Ride Lonesome Tracklist:
01. Ride Lonesome
02. Run Away
03. In The Night
04. Failed Words
05. Bleed
06. Disappearing Act
07. For Your Love
08. Slow Canyon
09. It Ends Right Here
10. Falling Through My Hands
11. If You Don’t Know What Love Is
12. Beyond The Light
Beck 2026 Tour Dates:
09/16 — Vancouver, BC @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
09/18 — Woodinville, WA @ Chateau Ste. Michelle
09/19 — Portland, OR @ Keller Auditorium
09/22 — Santa Barbara, CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl
09/23 — Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre
09/25 — San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic
09/26 — San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic
10/01 — Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
10/03 — Omaha, NE @ Steelhouse Omaha
10/04 — Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater
10/06 — Milwaukee, WI @ Landmark Credit Union Live
10/07 — Minneapolis, MN @ Orpheum Theatre
10/09 — Chicago, IL @ The Auditorium
10/12 — Detroit, MI @ Fox Theatre
10/14 — Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall
10/15 — Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall
10/17 — Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway
10/18 — Philadelphia, PA @ The Met Philadelphia presented by Highmark
10/22 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
10/23 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
10/25 — Washington, DC @ The Anthem
10/27 — Durham, NC @ Durham Performing Arts Center
10/28 — Asheville, NC @ Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
10/30 — Atlanta, GA @ Coca-Cola Roxy
10/31 — Nashville, TN @ The Truth
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