Marcus King Band have confirmed their new album, “Darling Blue”, is set for release on 26th September 2025 via American Records/Republic Records. It is the fourth album from the Marcus King Band and follows a series of high-profile records from King under his own name. The first of these, “El Dorado” (2020), was produced by Dan Auerbach and was nominated for the Best Americana Album Grammy. The follow-up, “Young Blood” (2022), was also produced by Auerbach, while the latest release, “Mood Swings” (2024), was produced by Rick Rubin.
“Darling Blue” sees Grammy-nominated Marcus King reuniting with his longtime live band for their first recorded album together since 2018’s “Carolina Confessions”. Inspired heavily by his home state of South Carolina, the new album incorporates elements of country, folk, psychedelic rock and Motown-era R&B and continues the conversation on King’s experience with addiction and depression.
“It truly felt like home,” King details. “Like my band and I were just working out songs to perform live, but ended up creating a piece of recorded music for our fans to hear. Our goal is always to be a vessel and allow the music to flow through us and tap into something that’s already there in the room. But more than anything I’ve done before, this album felt like a real concerted effort to make music for myself, and for ourselves as a band, creating for the love of creating and being as honest as we possibly can. We put everything we had into making something that we love, and we have faith that the audience will feel that and love it too.”
You can pre-order/pre-save “Darling Blue” here.
To mark the news, the band has shared two new songs from the album. The first, ‘Here Today’, features Jamey Johnson and Kaitlin Butts. King says, “The song came together in that organic way that happens when you’re just hanging out with friends instead of being on the clock.” You can watch the video for ‘Here Today’ below.
They have also shared ‘Carry Me Home’, which King describes as “the first song that poured out of me” for the album. The track reflects on his deep love for the Blue Ridge landscape and the place he calls home.
