Johnny Blue Skies & the Dark Clouds, along with the label High Top Mountain Records, have joined forces with Atlantic Music Group’s Atlantic Outpost for the forthcoming release of Mutiny After Midnight which will be released on 13th March 2026. The new album follows the band’s 2024 debut, Passage Du Desir, and the venture marks the latest move in a career that will continue to challenge industry stereotypes through a catalogue of songs built on poetic songwriting, constant evolution, and the “democratic brotherhood of a band”.
Following a series of self-releases on High Top Mountain, and Elektra Records, Johnny Blue Skies & the Dark Clouds’ new album sees a return to Atlantic, which backed A Sailor’s Guide to Earth in 2016. The reunion is one defined by “new leadership and a new vision,” says Johnny Blue Skies: “This is a new and very different Atlantic Records than my last go-around. Mostly, I’m very excited and honoured to be working with my dear friend Ian Cripps, and to finally bring to fruition a vision we initially shared together over ten years ago. I wrote words to what is happening in the world and my life in real time and played with a group of musicians I deeply love and respect. Together, we made an album that is very fun and will hopefully offer some relief from darkness in the world.”
Mutiny After Midnight was produced by Johnny Blue Skies, with musical contributions by the Dark Clouds, and was recorded at Easy Eye Sound Studios. Each song was written in the moment, on-the-spot. “There’s a simple goal we as a band set out to achieve: to make a dance record,” says Johnny Blue Skies. On the opening track, Make America Fuk Again, he sings “Been learning lessons and getting bubbles busted. Learning how to turn ADHD into hyper-focus. Getting my heart broke by people I trusted. Weaponizing my autism to shit out an opus. Been coming to terms with my obsolescence. Taking ketamine to kill my depression. It beats being fogged out on anti-depressants. Wait, that reminds me, time to book another session…Maybe things have been worse, but I can’t remember when. Wanna start a revolution and watch it begin.” You can pre-order Mutiny After Midnight here.
There isn’t a video out so here’s Johnny Blue Skies & The Dark Clouds at Red Rocks last summer.
