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Beck Announces **Ride Lonesome** – First Album of New Material in Seven Years
7/15/2026, 8:26:06 PM
Core Announcement
American singer-songwriter Beck has revealed that his twelfth studio album, Ride Lonesome, will be released on September 18, 2026 through Capitol Records. The announcement coincides with the debut of the single “In The Night,” accompanied by a cinematic video starring French actor Denis Lavant and directed by Mikai Karl. A second single, the title track “Ride Lonesome,” arrived in April, followed by a duet version with Sierra Ferrell in June.
Background & Context
Beck’s last collection of all-new songs, the Grammy-winning Hyperspace (2019), marked a forward-thinking pop-rock turn. Prior to that, he issued the acoustic-focused Morning Phase (2014) and the melancholic Sea Change (2002), both recorded with a core group of musicians that would reconvene for the new album. In February 2026 he issued Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime, a rarities and covers compilation, but Ride Lonesome represents his first set of original material since 2019.
Key Collaborators
The album reunites the band that backed Beck on Sea Change, Morning Phase, and Mutations (1998):
- Smokey Hormel – guitar
- Joey Waronker – drums
- Justin Meldal-Johnsen – bass & production
- Roger Joseph Manning Jr. – keyboards
- Jason Falkner – guitar
Long-time producer-engineer Nigel Godrich, who mixed Sea Change and Mutations, mixed every track on Ride Lonesome. Recording took place in Room B at United Studios in Hollywood, a space Beck has described as his “favorite studio.”
Album Details & Data
- Release date: September 18, 2026 (Capitol Records)
- Format: 12-track LP, digital and vinyl
- Tracklist: “Ride Lonesome,” “Run Away,” “In The Night,” “Failed Words,” “Bleed,” “Disappearing Act,” “For Your Love,” “Slow Canyon,” “It Ends Right Here,” “Falling Through My Hands,” “If You Don’t Know What Love Is,” “Beyond The Light.”
- Tour: A North American “Lonesome Ride” headline tour begins September 16 in Vancouver, BC, and runs through October 31 in Nashville, with stops in major venues such as the Greek Theatre (Los Angeles) and Red Rocks Amphitheatre (Colorado).
Official Statements & Responses
In a press release, Beck emphasized that the reunion of his longtime band “felt like a natural evolution of a collaborative chemistry built over decades.” He noted that revisiting the “musical and physical place” of earlier recordings allowed the group to “find new sounds and emotional textures.” The artist framed the album as both a continuation of his folk-rock lineage and an exploration of fresh sonic territory.
Verbatim Quotes
- “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
- “While we were revisiting a musical and physical place, it also felt like we were finding new sounds and emotional textures along the way.” — Beck
- “Beck shared this statement: My new album Ride Lonesome is coming out this fall.” — Beck
- “My new album ‘Ride Lonesome’ is coming out this fall. The musicians from my original touring and recording band that I recorded ‘Sea Change’, ‘Morning Phase’ and ‘Mutations’ [1998] with – Smokey Hormel, Joey Waronker, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Roger Joseph Manning Jr., and Jason Falkner – reconvened with me at my favorite studio (Room B at United Studios in Hollywood).” — Beck
Why It Matters
Ride Lonesome signals Beck’s return to the introspective, orchestral-acoustic aesthetic that defined his early-2000s work, while leveraging the seasoned interplay of his long-standing collaborators. The album’s release, paired with an extensive fall tour, re-engages a broad fan base and underscores the artist’s ability to evolve within a familiar framework.
Conflicting Reports & Gaps
All sources agree on release date, tracklist, collaborators, and tour schedule; no contradictory information was identified.
