Kacey Musgraves has a new album on the way. The follow-up to 2024’s Deeper Well is called Middle of Nowhere, and it’s out May 1 via Lost Highway. Here’s everything we know so far.
When did Musgraves start teasing the new album?
Musgraves put up billboards in several cities that read “Dry spell? Call for a real good time.” On March 9, she posted a teaser where she sings, “Ain’t nobody’s tool up in my shed / ain’t nobody’s boots under my bed/ Ain’t nobody’s truck in my drive/ For a late night call for a real good time.” Those lyrics turned out to be from the record’s lead single, ‘Dry Spell’, which came out on March 11 along with a video co-directed by Musgraves and Hannah Lux Davis.
What does the album cover look like?
What about the tracklist?
1. Middle of Nowhere
2. Dry Spell
3. Back on the Wagon
4. I Believe in Ghosts
5. Abilene
6. Coyote [feat. Gregory Alan Isakov]
7. Loneliest Girl
8. Everybody Wants To Be a Cowboy feat. Billy Strings
9. Horses and Divorces [feat. Miranda Lambert]
10. Uncertain, Texas [feat. Willie Nelson]
11. Rhinestoned
12. Mexico Honey
13. Hell on Me
Who is featured on the new album?
Willie Nelson, Miranda Lambert, Billy Strings, and Gregory Alan Isakov guest on Middle of Nowhere. Longtime collaborators Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk co-produced it.
What has Musgraves said about the new album?
In a press release, she said: “The bulk of this record was made during the longest single period of my life. I found that for the first time, it actually felt incredible being alone and existing in a space not defined by anyone else. I became fascinated with the concept of liminal space, both geographical and emotional. We don’t linger in these transitional, empty spaces long enough and rush to define where or whatever is next. I became so at ease with being in the ‘middle of nowhere’ in many senses and sitting in the un-comfort of the undefined.”
Did Musgraves release any music between Deeper Well and the new album?
Last year, Kacey Musgraves shared a cover of Hank Williams’ Lost Highway’ to mark her signing with the revived Lost Highway, which released her Grammy-winning 2013 debut, Same Trailer Different Park.“ Lost Highway was always a musical stable for artists who might be considered outliers or outlaws; those who live on the fringe,” she said at the time. “In 2011, when other record labels questioned my songwriting and my more traditional country sound, Lost Highway believed in me, signing me to my first label deal and helped me take my music around the world. That journey has now come full circle in such a special way with John Janick and Interscope and I’m deeply honored to be able to once again call Lost Highway my musical home.”
In 2024, she also released the deluxe edition of Deeper Well and joined Vlad Holiday on ‘I Don’t Wanna Party Anymore’.
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