The group shares “Peter From Picayune” in honor of Veterans Day
Independent country duo Muscadine Bloodline announced they will release their second full-length album of 2025, Longleaf Lo-fi, on Friday, November 14th, via Stancaster Music/Thirty Tigers. The announcement arrives after Charlie Muncaster and Gary Stanton surprise-announced the album earlier this month without any details, but gave fans the option to purchase a limited-edition vinyl of the new album before it hits streaming. Within 24 hours, all three thousand copies were completely sold out.
In honor of Veterans Day, they are releasing the official video for “Peter From Picayune,” a heartfelt portrait of bravery and sacrifice.
“‘Peter from Picayune’ is about a small-town kid from South Mississippi who joins the Marines when he can’t afford college,” the band shares. “It tells the story of his courage, sacrifice and the things he saw overseas that changed him forever. This song is a tribute to the countless heroes in our armed forces that don’t require anything in return for laying their lives on the line for us.”
“Peter From Picayune” follows the release of “My Meridian,” which was released last month alongside an official video and will also appear on the forthcoming album.
About Longleaf Lo-fi, Muscadine Bloodline explains, “Longleaf Lo-fi is the most laid-back and real record we’ve ever made. It feels like sitting by a fire on a cool Mississippi night. Every song comes from somewhere on Highway 59 between Meridian and Poplarville, shaped by the towns, the memories, and people along the way. We’re from Alabama, but we spent a lot of our adult years and made some of our best memories in Mississippi, and both of our wives are from there too. So these songs didn’t feel like stories we made up. They felt like memories we already had.
We left town for a while and recorded the whole album in a cabin on a quail farm in Poplarville. No rush, no fancy studio. Just us, some guitars and time to let the music happen. It’s simple, acoustic-led, and we kept it that way on purpose. Longleaf Lo-fi isn’t about being polished. It’s about being present.”
The new album follows the April release of …And What Was Left Behind, a companion to the duo’s 2024 release The Coastal Plain. Both albums recounted the duo’s experience growing up in Mobile, AL, near the Gulf Coast. Now, with their forthcoming music, they’re setting their sights on the neighboring state and how it’s played a part in their remarkable story.
In the midst of a breakout year, the duo just wrapped a run of dates with Lainey Wilson on her Whirlwind World Tour, an extensive summer headline tour of their own, and their Red Rocks debut supporting The Red Clay Strays. In April, they were nominated for Duo of the Year at the 60th Annual ACM Awards. Last year, they served as direct support on Post Malone’s F-1 Trillion Tour, and also shared the stage with country giants like Eric Church, Turnpike Troubadours and Cody Johnson. Since their debut in 2015, they’ve notched a radio hit with “10-90,” earned a platinum-certified single “Porch Swing Angel,” made their Grand Ole Opry debut and performed sold-out headline shows across the country.
1. Goose Chase
2. Silence
3. My Meridian
4. Maybe I’ll Say It (feat. Tenille Townes)
5. Arsonist
6. Right Place, Right Time
7. Grace
8. Peter From Picayune
9. Clairvoyant
10. 59
11. You Will Be Loved
