The song appears on the group’s highly anticipated forthcoming album
Ahead of their much-anticipated new album Darling Blue, Marcus King Band shares a further taste of the new music with the single “Heartlands.” The album is due on September 26 via American Records/Republic Records.
“I wrote ‘Heartlands’ with one of my favorite writers and best pals in town, Jonathan Singleton,” says King. “This song puts into words just the way I feel about that sweet little wife of mine. She’s supported me through so many ups and downs. But when I fall, she’s always where my heart lands.”
“Heartlands” follows a string of recent releases from the LP, including “Here Today” featuring Jamey Johnson and Kaitlin Butts, “Carry Me Home,” “Carolina Honey,” and “Honky Tonk Hell,” the latter of which became the fastest single of King’s career to hit one million streams.
On September 11th, the band will kick off their headlining The Darling Blue Tour (Pt. 1), a 13-date North American run beginning in Davenport, IA. The tour includes stops in Memphis, Albuquerque, Little Rock, and more. Support across select dates comes from Angel White, Laci Kaye Booth and Pearl.
Darling Blue finds Grammy-nominated Marcus King reuniting with his longtime live band for their first recorded album together since 2018’s Carolina Confessions. Inspired heavily by the Blue Ridge Mountains in 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.
Recently, King collaborated with Gibson for his second signature guitar, the Gibson Marcus King ES-345.
The beloved Marcus King Band Family Reunion music festival recently returned for its fourth installment and landmark year in Charleston, SC. The two-day festival featured performances by Marcus King Band, Jamey Johnson, Stephen Wilson Jr., Molly Tuttle, Hiss Golden Messenger and more.
This year, King can be seen live with Chris Stapleton, Cody Johnson, Eric Church, and Dwight Yoakam.
