Beck Confirms New Album, Releases Second Single "In the Night"

Staff
Jul 16
3 min read

His fifteenth album 'Ride Lonesome' arrives in the fall

After releasing the title track, Beck has confirmed his forthcoming fifteenth album, Ride Lonesome. His long-awaited first collection of all-new material since the GRAMMY-winning Hyperspace will be released September 18 via Capitol Records. The album will be available on CD, standard vinyl, and limited edition cloud white vinyl.

Check out the album cover art and tracklisting, plus a link to pre-order.

To celebrate, Beck has revealed the album's second single "In the Night." The masterful music video was directed by Mikai Karl, produced by Ryan Smale and stars Denis Lavant (Beau Travail, Mauvais Sang). Stream the official clip below now.

Beck states, "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."

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.

Ride Lonesome’s release will coincide with the September 16 kick-off of the Ride Lonesome tour at Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Theatre. The tour will make stops including the Santa Barbara Bowl, the Greek in L.A., Red Rocks, two nights each at The Masonic in SF, Massey Hall in Toronto and the Brooklyn Paramount, and more, before concluding October 31 at The Truth in Nashville.

Check out the full tour itinerary below, plus a link to grab tickets.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNYj8R1Aq3s