Ride Lonesome

In the wake of the ecstatic reception that welcomed Beck's recently released single, “Ride Lonesome”, which N.P.R. 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 1st collection of all new material since the Grammy winning "Hyperspace", will be released September 18th, 2026, via Capitol Records and Universal Music.

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 2nd 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. Like the song “Ride Lonesome”, “In The Night” conjures the beautiful and haunting sonic landscapes and textures of '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.