In the wake of the ecstatic reception that welcomed Beck’s recently released single “Ride Lonesome” — which NPR deemed “as moving and beautifully produced as any of his most beloved work” — the release date of a new album has been confirmed: Ride Lonesome, Beck’s long-awaited first collection of all-new material since the GRAMMY-winning Hyperspace, will be released September 18 via Capitol Records, and is available for pre-order now at https://Beck.lnk.to/RideLonesome
Beck commented, “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 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). We had Nigel Godrich, who worked on Sea Change and Mutations with us mixing all 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.
While we were revisiting a musical and physical place, it also felt like we were finding new sounds and emotional textures along the way.”
The announcement of Ride Lonesome is accompanied by “In The Night,” the second advance offering from the forthcoming album. A stunning yet subdued ode to nocturnal musings, “In The Night” is also available as a lush and inspired cinematic video directed by Mikai Karl, produced by Ryan Smale and starring Denis Lavant (Beau Travail, Mauvais Sang)
Like the song “Ride Lonesome,” “In The Night” conjures the beautiful and haunting sonic landscapes and textures of 2015 Album of the Year GRAMMY winner Morning Phase and its spiritual predecessor, 2002’s classic Sea Change—and features multiple musicians who played on those milestone releases. Produced by Beck and mixed by Nigel Godrich, both songs indicate a reorientation toward a different yet familiar direction for Beck in the year ahead.
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