Beck has released his new song, “Ride Lonesome,” a folksy ballad revisiting the sound of his Grammy-winning 2014 album, Morning Phase. Stream it below.
Produced by Beck himself and mixed by Nigel Godrich, “Ride Lonesome” begins with, well, a lonesome acoustic guitar before bringing in piano, slide guitar, and strings. “You got to ride lonesome/ You got to try to find your home,” he sings.
The track is a welcome return for those fans turned off by the slick production and pop-leaning direction of his last two studio records, following the acclaimed Morning Phase, itself a return to the melancholic, lush instrumentation of 2002’s Sea Change.
Beck most recently released January’s Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime, an album featuring rarities, deep cuts, and covers. His last proper studio album, 2019’s Hyperspace, came after 2017’s Colors.
